The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint an officer who is holding or has held an office, which in its opinion is not lower in rank than that of Deputy Collector or Executive Engineer, to be a Competent Authority for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, and one or more such officers may be appointed for the whole of any municipal area or areas or any part thereof.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>The State Government may, by notification in the <i>Official Gazette</i>, appoint an officer who is holding or has held an office, which in its opinion is not lower in rank than that of Deputy Collector or Executive Engineer, to be a Competent Authority for the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, and one or more such officers may be appointed for the whole of any municipal area or areas or any part thereof. <br>