Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
(1) The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, cause any work described in this Chapter or in Chapter IX of the Schedule to be executed by municipal or other agency under his own orders, without first of all giving the person by whom the same would otherwise have to be executed the option of doing the same. (2) The expenses of any work so done shall be paid by the person aforesaid, unless the Corporation shall by a general or special or resolution sanction, as it is hereby empowered to sanction, the execution of such work at the charge of the Municipal Fund.