Section 117 in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955
117. Social and economic measures.
(1)The respective functions of the several Municipal authorities shall be such as are specifically provided under this Act or the rules or bye-laws made thereunder.(2)Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, the municipal Government of the City vests in the Corporation.(3)Subject to the approval or sanction of the Corporation or the Standing Committee and subject also to all other restrictions, and conditions and limitations imposed by this Act or by any other law for the time being in force and whenever it is in this Act expressly so directed, the entire executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act and of any other law for the time being in force which imposes any duty, or confers any power on the Corporation vests in the Commissioner who shall also:-(a)perform all the duties and exercise all the powers specifically imposed or conferred upon him by this Act or by any other law for the time being in force;(b)specify the duties of, and exercise supervision and control over the acts and the proceedings of all municipal officers and servants other than the municipal Secretary and municipal Examiner of Accounts and the municipal officer and servant subordinate to them;(c)in any emergency take such immediate action for the service or safety of the public or the protection of the property of the Corporation as the emergency shall appear to him to justify or to require, notwithstanding that such action cannot be taken under this Act without the sanction, approval or authority of some other municipal authority or of the Government:Provided that the Commissioner shall report forthwith to the Standing Committee and to the Corporation the action he has taken, and his reasons for taking the same and the amount of cost, if any, incurred or likely to be incurred in consequence of such action which is not covered by a current budget grant under the provisions of this Act.
