(1.) HEARD learned Counsel for the Petitioner.
(2.) BY means of this petition, the Petitioner has challenged the order of suspension dated 17 -9 -1991 (Annexure -7 to the writ petition).
(3.) THE next submission advanced was that the power of suspension under Section 77 -B of the U.P. Municipalities Act, 1916 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act') is vested in the Board The present order has been passed by the Chairman of the Board. This submission has also no substance. The opening words are that the authority competent to punish a servant may place him under suspension. Under Section 76 of the Act, the authority competent is described.