Expressing doubts about the delimitation exercise of municipal wards in the city, which is currently underway, senior Congress leader Chhatar Singh said on Wednesday that no elected representative has been made a part of the exercise, which is under the Delimitation Act (Delimitation Act). 2002) is mandatory.
Mr Singh said that under Section 5 of the Act, the Delimitation Commission needs to work with ‘associate members’ or elected representatives, such as MPs, MLAs and councillors (the municipal bodies since the reunification of the MCD in May this year). The election is haven. Not held, so Delhi currently has no councillors).
The Congress leader said that as per an order issued for the last delimitation exercise held in the capital in 2015, the State Election Commission was directed to follow the procedure laid down under the Delimitation Act (2002).
“If the Act requires people’s representatives to be involved in the delimitation exercise, why is the process not being followed? This omission is even more surprising as the public representatives were part of the last delimitation exercise in Delhi,” Mr Singh said.
No need for ‘colleagues’
However, an official of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said that the delimitation exercise was not being carried out as per the 2002 Act, but as per the Municipal Corporation of Delhi Act, 1957.
The official said that as per the 1957 Act, which was amended in April this year, before the three erstwhile civic bodies were merged into one MCD, “the Center can decide” how to form a delimitation committee. .
on 25th July, Hindu The said that on July 8, the number of civic wards to be set up in the city was fixed at 250 by a three-member committee constituted by the Centre.