Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC), also known as Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, is the civic body that governs the city of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana.[1][2][3][4]

Municipal Corporation Chandigarh

नगर निगम चंडीगढ़
Type
Type
History
FoundedMay 24, 1994 (1994-05-24)
Leadership
Ravi Kant Sharma, Bharatiya Janata Party
since 8 January 2021
Senior Deputy Mayor
Mahesh Inder Singh, Bharatiya Janata Party
since 8 January 2021
Deputy Mayor
Farmila, Bharatiya Janata Party
since 8 January 2021
Kamal Kishor Yadav, IAS
Structure
Seats35 (26 elected + 9 nominated)
Political groups
Ruling (47)
  •   BJP (20)
  •   Nominated (9)

Opposition (6)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Last election
18 December 2016
Next election
December 2021
Meeting place
New Deluxe Building, Sector 17, Chandigarh
Website
www.mcchandigarh.gov.in

The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, India was formed within the Union Territory of Chandigarh under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act in 1976. The corporation was later extended to the union territory, Chandigarh, by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act No.45 of 1994), which came in effect on May 24, 1994. Under a provision of Section 47 of the act, M.P. Tyagi was appointed as first Commissioner of the Corporation w.e.f. on June 19, 1995. Tyagi continued to exercise mayoral powers until December 23, 1994, when the first meeting of the elected body of the Corporation was held. Tyagi was succeeded as Commissioner by S.K. Gathwal on August 8, 1996.[5]

Ravi Kant Sharma currently serves as Mayor of Chandigarh[6] upon succeeding Raj Bala Malik in January 2021.[7]


Mayor

Mayor is the Head of the Municipal Corporation. Currently Ravi Kant Sharma is serving as the 27th mayor of the city.

List of Mayors of Chandigarh
S. No.NameTerm
1.Kamla Sharma23 December 1996 – 22 December 1997
2.Gian Chand Gupta23 December 1997 – 22 December 1998
3.Kewal Krishan Addiwal23 December 1998 – 22 December 1999
4.Shanta Hit Abhilashi23 December 1999 – 22 December 2000
5.Raj Kumar Goyal23 December 2000 – 21 July 2001
6.Gurcharan Dass (Acting)22 July 2001 – 17 August 2001
7.Harjinder Kaur (1st term)18 August 2001 – 22 December 2001
8.Lalit Joshi1 January 2002 – 31 December 2002
9.Subhash Chawla (1st term)1 January 2003 – 31 December 2003
10.Kamlesh (1st term)1 January 2004 – 31 December 2004
11.Anu Chatrath (1st term)1 January 2005 – 31 December 2005
12.Surinder Singh1 January 2006 – 31 December 2006
13.Harjinder Kaur (2nd term)1 January 2007 – 31 December 2007
14.Pardeep Chhabra1 January 2008 – 31 December 2008
15.Kamlesh (2nd term)1 January 2009 – 31 December 2009
16.Anu Chatrath (2nd term)1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010
17.Ravinder Pal Singh1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011
18.Raj Bala Malik (1st term)1 January 2012 – 31 December 2012
19.Subhash Chawla (2nd term)1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013
20.Harphool Chander Kalyan1 January 2014 – 5 January 2015
21.Poonam Sharma6 January 2015 – 7 January 2016
22.Arun Sood8 January 2016 – 31 December 2016
23.Asha Kumari Jaswal12 January 2017 – 8 January 2018
24.Davesh Moudgil9 January 2018 – 18 January 2019
25.Rajesh Kumar Kalia19 January 2019 – 9 January 2020
26.Raj Bala Malik (2nd term)10 January 2020 – 7 January 2021
27.Ravi Kant Sharma8 January 2021 – present

Composition

According to the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh's website, the Corporation is composed of the following members:

1 "Members to be directly elected, representing wards."[8] 26
2 "Members with voting rights to be nominated by the Administrator, from amongst the people who are eminent of distinguished in public affairs or those who have special knowledge or practical experience in respect of municipal administration."[9] 9
3 "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)"[10] 1

Administration

The Commissioner is the apex of the municipal administrative hierarchy who runs its administration. He is a senior government official (usually an I.A.S officer) and is appointed by the Central government. He is the chief executive officer who is responsible for the passing and implementation of the annual Municipal Corporation budget, its policies and programmes. All personnel of the Municipal Corporation work under the Commissioner's supervision and control.[11]

The current Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is K.K Yadav

Chandigarh being a city-state, and a Union Territory does not have a legislative assembly of its own, even though it hosts the legislative assemblies of two states Punjab & Haryana, being a common capital of both states. It has its own Municipal Corporation (MCC), which acts as local governing authority of the City Beautiful (Chandigarh). The MCC is one of the most powerful local authorities in Bharat as it serves both as a regional and local authority.

Departments
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 members

Ravi Kant Sharma currently serves as Mayor of Chandigarh.

Ward No. Councillor Party
1 Mahesh Inder Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Raj Bala Malik Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Ravi Kant Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Sunita Dhawan Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Sheela Devi Indian National Congress
6 Farmila Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Rajesh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
8 Arun Sood Bharatiya Janata Party
9 Gurbax Rawat Indian National Congress
10 Hardeep Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
11 Satish Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
12 Chanderwati Shukla Bharatiya Janata Party
13 Heera Negi Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Kanwarjeet Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
15 Ravinder Kaur Indian National Congress
16 Rajesh Kumar Gupta Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Asha Kumari Jaswal Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Devinder Singh Babla Indian National Congress
19 Dalip Sharma Independent
20 Shakti Parkash Devshali Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Gurpreet Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
22 Davesh Moudgil Bharatiya Janata Party
23 Bharat Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
24 Anil Kumar Dube Bharatiya Janata Party
25 Jagtar Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
26 Vinod Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party
Nominated Councillors
Sr. No. Councillor
1 Charanjiv Singh
2 Ajay Dutta
3 Sachin Kumar Lohtiya
4 Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali
5 Dr. Joytsna Wig
6 Shipra Bansal
7 Sat Parkash Aggarwal
8 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. "Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Newly elected mayor rajesh kumar alias kalia January 2019".
  5. "Official Website".
  6. "The Ragpicker Who Would Be Mayor: Chandigarh's Rajesh Kalia is an inspiration for all | Trending & Viral News". www.timesnownews.com. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. "From clerk's son to Chandigarh mayor: BJP's Davesh Moudgil". Hindustan Times. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  8. "Official Website".
  9. "Official Website".
  10. "Official Website".
  11. "Composition of a Municipal Corporation in India". PublishYourArticles.net - Publish Your Articles Now. 19 July 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

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