Employees State Insurance Act, 1948

Section - 21 - Supersession of the Corporation and Standing Committee

Supersession of the Corporation and Standing Committee.

21.(l) If in the opinion of the Central Government, the Corporation or the Standing Committee persistently makes default in performing the duties imposed on it by or under this Act or abuses its powers, that Govern­ment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, supersede the Corpora­tion, or in the case of the Standing Committee, supersede, in consultation with the Corporation, the Standing Committee :

Provided that before issuing a notification under this sub-section the Cen­tral Government shall give a reasonable opportunity to the Corporation or the Standing Committee, as the case may be, to show cause why it should not be superseded and shall consider the explanations and objections, if any, of the Corporation or the Standing Committee, as the case may be.

(2) Upon the publication of a notification under sub-section (1) superseding the Corporation or the Standing Committee, all the members of the Corpo­ration or the Standing Committee, as the case may be, shall, as from the date of such publication, be deemed to have vacated their offices.

(3) When the Standing Committee has been superseded, a new Standing Committee shall be immediately constituted in accordance with section 8.

(4) When the Corporation has been superseded, the Central Government may—

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