Section 18. Dismissal, removal, etc., of members of Dal.

Subject to the provisions of article 311 of the Constitution of India and to such rules as the State Government may make under this Act,- (a) a superior officer, being the appointing authority, may dismiss, remove, suspend or reduce in rank any member of the Dal whom he thinks remiss, negligent, perverse or corrupt in the discharge of his duty, or unfit for the same; or (b) any superior officer may award any one or more of the following punishments to any member of the Dal who discharges his duty in a careless or negligent manner, or who by any act of his own renders himself unfit for the discharge thereof, namely,- (i) fine upto any amount not exceeding pay for one month exclusive of allowances, if any, or reduction in pay-scale; (ii) removal from any office of distinction or deprivation of any special emolument; (iii) drill, extra guard, fatigue or other duty: Provided that, the punishment specified in sub-clause (iii) shall not be awarded to any member of the Dal above the rank of Pramukh Rakshak and in any case where such punishment is inflicted it shall not be enforced till the expiry of the period of preferring an appeal specified in sub-section (1) of section 19.