Bureau, or Office, or the Insular Auditor, may apply for, and the Director of Civil Service shall render, a d ecision upon any question as to whether a position is in the classified or in the unclassified civil service, or whether the appointment of any person to a classified position has been made in accordance with law, which decision, when rendered, shall be fi nal unless reversed by the Governor-General on appeal. HTcDEa [1698-5  (a) .] SECTION  729 . Suspension of Officer Pending Investigation.  — The Governor-General may suspend any chief or assistant chief of a Bureau or Office, and in the absence of special provision, any other officer appointed by him, pending an investigation of charge s against such officer or pending an investigation of his Bureau or Office. The Secretary of War shall exercise the same power in regard to his own appointees. The chief of a Bureau or Office may likewise suspend any subordinate or employee in his Bureau o r under his authority pending an investigation, if the charge against such subordinate or employee involves dishonesty, oppression, or grave misconduct or neglect in the performance of duty. [1698-16.] SECTION  730 . Administrative Discipline of Subordinate Officers and Employees.  — For neglect of duty or violation of reasonable office regulations, or in the interest of the public service, a chief of Bureau or Office may remove any subordinate officer or e mployee from the service, suspend him without pay for not more than two months, reduce his salary or compensation, or deduct therefrom any sum not exceeding one month's pay. TaDSHC [1698-3 ( n ), 14, 16.] SECTION  731 . Person in Classified Service or Entitled to Leave.  — If the person temporarily suspended or from whose pay a deduction is made is in the classified service or being in the unclassified service is entitled to accrued leave, the discipline impos ed shall not take effect until the order imposing the same receives the approval of the proper Department head, after having been submitted to the Director of Civil Service for recommendation. [1698-16.] Copyright 2012 CD Technologies Asia, Inc. and Accesslaw, Inc. Philippine Law Encyclopedia 2011 225 ARTICLE  VI Discipline of Persons in Civil Service