Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act, 1949
(1) The Commissioner shall from time to time be appointed by the '[State] Government. (2) The Commissioner shall in the first instance hold office for such period not exceeding three years as the '[State] Government may fix and his appointment may be renewed from time to time for a period not exceeding three years at a time. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (2) the Commissioner may at any time, if he holds a lien on the service of the '[Government] be recalled to such service after consultation with the Corporation and may further at any time be removed from office by the '[State] Government for incapacity, misconduct or neglect of duty and shall forthwith be so removed if at a meeting of the Corporation not less than three-fifths of the whole number of councillors vote in favour of a resolution requiring his removal.