Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

Municipal Corporation Chandigarh
Type
Type
Local Authority (Municipal Corporation) of the Chandigarh
Leadership
Devesh Moudgil, BJP
Since January 2018
Municipal Commissioner
B.Purusartha IAS
Structure
Seats 26
Political groups
 BJP-SAD (21)
INC (4)
BSP (0)
Independent (1) + 9 nominated members
Motto
(English:)
Meeting place
New Delux Building, Jan Marg, Sector 17, Chandigarh
Website
mcchandigarh.gov.in

The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) also known as Chandigarh Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the planned city of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana.[1][2][3]

The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh came into being in the Union Territory of Chandigarh under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976, as extended to the Union Territory, Chandigarh by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act No. 45 of 1994), with effect from 24th Day of May, 1994.

As per provision contained in Section 47of the aforesaid Act Sh. M.P. Tyagi, I.A.S. was appointed as first Commissioner of the Corporation w.e.f. 19.5.1995 and thereafter and Sh. S.K. Gathwal, I.A.S. replaced him w.e.f. 8.7.1996. The said commissioners continued to exercise the powers to discharge the functions of the Municipal Corporation, until 23.12.1996 (i.e. is the day the first meeting of the elected body of the Corporation was held.[4]

Currently the Post of Mayor is held by Dvesh Moudgil since January 2018. He succeeded Asha Kumari Jaswal as Mayor.

Composition

The Corporation is composed of the following members,

(i) Member to be directly elected, representing wards : 26
(ii) Members with voting rights to be nominated by the Administrator, from amongst the persons who are eminent of distinguished in public affairs or those who have special knowledge or practical experience in respect of municipal administration. 9
(iii) The Member of the House of the people representing the constituency which comprises wholly or partly, the Municipal Area, with the right the vote. (Member of Parliament from Chandigarh) 1

Administration

The main responsibility to run the administration of Municipal Corporation is that of an executive officer who is designated as Commissioner of Corporation. The Commissioner is appointed by the government and he is a senior government official.

The Commissioner has the responsibility to run the administration by implementing the decisions taken by the Municipal Corporation. He prepares annual budget of the Municipal Corporation, gets it passed from the Corporation and implements it. All the personnel of the Municipal Corporation work under his supervision and control.[5]

Current Municipal Commissioner of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is Sh. B Purushartha, IAS.

Departments of MCC

Public Health Department Planning & Building Branch
Health & Sanitation Department Horticulture Department
Building & Roads Department Fire and Emergency Services Department
Electrical Department Finance & Accounts Department
Legal Department Pensions & P.F.Department
Audit Department Urban Poverty Alleviation & Livelihood Cell
Architecture Department Estate Department
Booking Department Public Relations Department
Enforcement Department I.T. Department
Agenda Department Taxation Department
Paid Parking Department -

Current Serving Members of MCC

Currently the Post of Mayor is held by Asha Kumari Jaswal.

Ward No. Name of the Councillor (Elected)
1 Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh
2 Smt. Raj Bala Malik
3 Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma
4 Smt. Sunita Dhawan
5 Smt.Sheela Devi
6 Smt. Farmila
7 Sh. Rajesh Kumar
8 Sh. Arun Sood
9 Smt Gurbax Rawat
10 Sh. Hardeep Singh
11 Sh.Satish Kumar
12 Smt. Chanderwati Shukla
13 Smt.Heera Negi
14 Sh. Kanwarjeet Singh
15 Sh. Ravinder Kaur
16 Sh. Rajesh Kumar Gupta
17 Sh. Asha Kumari Jaswal
18 Sh. Devinder Singh Babla
19 Sh. Dalip Sharma
20 Sh. Shakti Prakash Devshali
21 Sh. Gurpreet Singh
22 Sh. Davesh Moudgil
23 Sh. Bharat Kumar
24 Sh. Anil Kumar Dube
25 Sh. Jagtar Singh
26 Sh. Vinod Aggarwal
Sr No. Nominated Councillors
1 Sh. Charanjiv Singh
2 Sh. Ajay Dutta
3 Sh. Sachin Kumar Lohtiya
4 Sh. Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali
5 Dr. Jyotsna Wig
6 Ms. Shipra Bansal
7 Sh. Sat Parkash Aggarwal
8 Smt. Kamla Sharma
9 Maj.Gen.M.S.Kandal

References

  1. ↑ "History of MCC". Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh. 4 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Chandigarh Municipal Corporation likely to charge for advertising on cinema houses, multiplexes".
  3. ↑ "Chandigarh Municipal Corporation engineering wing told to wind up work on multilevel parking by Dec 22".
  4. ↑ "Official Website".
  5. ↑ "Composition of a Municipal Corporation in India". PublishYourArticles.net - Publish Your Articles Now. 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
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