Section 10. Temporary vacancies.

If a Collector or Tahsildar is disabled from performing his duties or for any reason vacates his office or leaves his jurisdiction or dies- (a) the Additional Collector, and if there be no Additional Collector, the Assistant or Deputy Collector of the highest rank in the district, (b) the Additional Tahsildar, and if there be no Additional Tahsildar, the Naib-Tahsildar or the senior most subordinate Revenue Officer in the taluka, shall, unless other provision has been made by the State Government, succeed temporarily to the office of the Collector, or as the case may be, of the Tahsildar and shall be held to be the Collector or Tahsildar under this Code, until the Collector, or Tahsildar resumes charge of his district or taluka, or until such time as a successor is duly appointed and takes charge of his appointment. Explanation.- An officer whose principal office is different from that of an Assistant Collector, and who is working as an Assistant Collector for special purposes only, shall not be deemed as an Assistant for the purposes of this section.