Municipal Corporation Gurgaon set to form finance, contracts panel on Aug 11
MCG House was constituted on March 12.
"A meeting will be convened as per the directions of the Haryana urban local bodies (ULB) department to form the F&CC," MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya said on Wednesday.
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Major development works of the city get their approvals at the F&CC meetings. Numerous development projects faced delays due to the absence of F&CCs in various municipalities, the ULB has maintained.
Councillor of Ward Number 11 Kuldeep Yadav said, "Formation of the F&CC panel is significant since our works are suffering. Our ward-wise proposals and estimates require approvals from the panel."
Elections for the senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor posts are also pending.
Recently, the ULB department wrote to the municipal bodies: "Due to the non-formation of F&CC, the development works and other works are not being executed timely. The govt — by exercising the powers of section 398 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 and section 250 of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 — has decided to issue directions that the meetings of the elected body of municipalities, where F&CC has not yet been constituted, shall be convened on Aug 11 for constituting the F&CC.
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"Send the compliance report along with the proceedings of the meeting to this directorate by email on the same day positively," the letter added.
According to the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, "There shall be a finance and contracts committee of the corporation comprising the mayor, two deputy mayors, two members elected by the members from amongst themselves and the commissioner and the committee shall exercise all the powers of the corporation in relation to contracts to be entered into for and on its behalf and the purchases to be made by it."
According to the Haryana Municipal Corporation Election rules, 1994, "The commissioner shall, within a period of sixty days of the notification of the names of the members elected to the corporation, convene a meeting of the corporation at forty-eight hours' notice to be delivered at the ordinary place of residence of members. The notice shall clearly state that the election of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor shall be held in this meeting to be presided over by the mayor in the presence of the commissioner.
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