( 1 ) THE following notification by the Local Government Department (Committees) dated May 16, 1966 was published on May 17, 1966, in the Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary :-

"no. 4607-3ci-66/13449.- Whereas the Municipal Committee, Simla, in the Simla District, due to the reasons given in the schedule below has been found to be incompetent to perform and has persistently made default in the performance of duties imposed on it by or under the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 238 of the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, the Governor of Punjab hereby directs that the said committee of Simla, in the Simla District, shall be superseded with immediate effect and directs that all powers and duties of the said Committee shall until the Committee is reconstituted, be exercised and performed by an Administrator and hereby appoints the General Assistant to the Deputy Commissioner, Simla as Administrator of the Simla Municipality in addition to own duties till the appointment of a wholetime Administrator. SCHEDULE (1) The Municipal Committee, Simla, has failed to improve the working of Ripon Hospital, Simla. (2) The Municipal Co