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comPosition of the municiPal council/ committee

A municipal Council or Committee is established for those towns and cities, which are smaller
in size than the big cities having a population of more than twenty thousand, popularly known

as Municipalities. The number of members of a Municipal
Council or Committee is fixed by the State Government.
They are elected by the voters of that town or on the
basis of adult franchise. The town is divided into many
wards and one member is elected from each ward. In
each Municipal Council or Committee, some seats are
reserved for the members of the Scheduled Castes and

Scheduled Tribes. Out of these seats, one-third seats are Municipal Office
reserved for women belonging to these castes. The members of a Municipal Council elect
from amongst themselves, a Chairman and Vice Chairman. The Chairman (Mayor) presides
over its meetings and guides the deliberations. In his absence, the work is done by the Vice-
Chairman. Besides them, a Municipal Committee has a Chief Executive Officer called the
Municipal Commissioner and a Secretary, who are appointed by the State Government.

The Chief Executive Officer also acts as a link between the State Government and the
Municipal Corporation. Various officers, such as the officers incharge of the departments of
health, education, engineering and sanitation help him or her in this work. The Municipal
Commissioners co-ordinates their work and has the power to appoint employees at the lower
level. Additional Joint Commissioners and the Deputy Commissioners are also appointed

to look after the administration work. Besides the Commissioner and Secretary, there are
also Health Officers, Sanitary Inspectors, Municipal Engineers, Junior Engineers, Octroi
Inspectors and Education officers who help the Municipality in discharging its duties.

Important towns like Ferozpur, Bhatinda, Karnal, Rohtak, Aligarh, Ajmer, Alwar, etc. have Municipal
Committees.

nagar Panchayat or notifieD area council
Nagar Panchayat is constituted for a transition from a rural area to an urban area. Nagar

Panchayat performs functions similar to a Municipal Council.

The Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayat together constitute the
urban local self governing bodies.

functions of municiPal corPoration

All corporations have a large number of functions for the welfare of their citizens.

registration of births anD Deaths

• To provide for and maintain graveyards, cremation grounds and electric crematoriums.
• To maintain records of births and deaths and issue certificates for the same.

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