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Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation (Functions and Procedure for the Conduct of Business of the Municipal Accounts Committee) Rules, 2005

Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation (Functions and Procedure for the Conduct of Business of the Municipal Accounts Committee) Rules, 2005

Published vide Notification No. F-4-10/18/2005, dated 1-3-2005, C.G. Rajpatra (Asadharan) dated 1-3-2005 at Pages 78 (6-7)

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In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 433 read with clause (e) of sub-section (5) and sub-section (7) of Section 131-A of Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956), the State Government hereby makes the following rules namely :-

  1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation (Functions and Procedure for the Conduct of Business of the Municipal Accounts Committee) Rules, 2005.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the date of their publication in the "Chhattisgarh Gazette".

  1. Definitions.- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Act" means the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (No. 23 of 1956);

(b) "Committee" means the Municipal Accounts Committee constituted under Section 131-A;

(c) "Section" means the Section of the Act;

(d) The words and expressions used under but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.

  1. Functions of the Municipal Accounts Committee.- (1) In addition to the functions provided in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) of sub-section (5) of Section 131-A of the Act, the Municipal Accounts Committee shall also perform the following functions :-

(a) to examine whether the demand of various taxes and fees imposed by the Municipal Corporation has been made in a justified manner. Similarly to examine the demand made in respect of immovable property of the Municipal Corporation given on rent or lease;

(b) to examine whether at the end of the quarter the balance of the accounts in the Bank which have been opened by the Municipal Corporation are in conformity with the entries of cash book/ledger and the balance of the current accounts in the bank are correct or not;

(c) to examine whether the matters of various construction works, purchases, the work order/supply order and agreement have been made in accordance with the rates sanctioned by the competent authority or not.

  1. Procedure for conduct of business.- (1) The date and time of the meeting of the committee for transaction of its business shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Committee and such meeting shall be invited atleast once in every month.

(2) The decisions of the Committee shall be taken by majority of votes and in case of equal number of votes, the Chairman shall have a casting vote.

(3) The quorum for the meeting shall be one half of the total number of its members.

(4) If in the meeting the Chairman is absent the members present in the meeting shall choose one of them to preside the meeting.

(5) The Municipal Commissioner shall arrange the necessary staff for the committee.