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Haryana Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

No. 194-2024/Ext.]

CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2024

(AGRAHAYANA 15, 1946 SAKA )

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS

PART-I

ACTS

PAGES

THE HARYANA MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024

149-150

(HARYANA ACT NO. 15 OF 2024).

THE HARYANA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024

151-152

(HARYANA ACT NO. 16 OF 2024).

THE HARYANA CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES (SECURITY OF SERVICE)

153-157

ACT, 2024.

(HARYANA ACT NO. 17 OF 2024).

PART-II ORDINANCES

NIL

PART-III DELEGATED LEGISLATION

NIL

PART-IV CORRECTION SLIPS, REPUBLICATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS

NIL

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PART - I

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 6th December, 2024

No. Leg. 22/2024.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received

the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 3rd December, 2024 and is hereby published for

general information:-

HARYANA ACT NO. 15 OF 2024

THE HARYANA MUNICIPAL (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024

ACT

further to amend the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventy-fifth Year of the

Republic of India as follows:-

(1)

This Act may be called the Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Act, 2024.

(2)

It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 16^th August, 2024.

Short title and

commencement.

In section 10 of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973,-

(a)

after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-

“(4A) (i) The seats shall be reserved for the Backward Classes ‘B’ in every

Municipal Council/Committee and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as

nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats in that Municipal

Council/Committee as one-half of the proportion of Backward Classes ‘B’

population to the total population in that Municipal Council/Committee and

rounded off to the next higher integer in case the decimal value is 0.5 or more; and

such seats shall be allotted by draw of lots among three times of the number of

seats, proposed for reservation of Backward Classes ‘B’, after excluding those

seats already reserved for Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes ‘A’, drawn

from those seats which are having the largest percentage population of Backward

Classes ‘B’ and also by rotation in the subsequent elections:

Provided that the Municipal Council/Committee shall have at least one

member belonging to the Backward Classes ‘B’ if their population is two per

centum or more of the total population of the Municipal Council/Committee:

Provided further that where the number of seats so reserved for Backward

Classes ‘B’ under this sub-section added to the number of seats reserved for the

Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes ‘A’ exceeds fifty per centum of the total

number of seats in that Municipal Council/Committee, then the number of seats

reserved for Backward Classes ‘B’ shall be restricted to such largest number that

shall lead to the total of the seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Backward

Classes ‘A’ and Backward Classes ‘B’ not exceeding fifty per centum of the total

seats in that Municipal Council/Committee.

Explanation.-(1) For the purposes of reservation of Backward Classes ‘B’ under

this sub-section, the population of the Municipal Council/

Committee area and the population of Backward Classes ‘B’ in

that Municipal Council/ Committee shall be such as drawn from

the Family Information Data Repository established under the

provisions of the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Act, 2021 (20 of

2021) on such date, as may be notified by the Government.

Explanation.-(2) For the purposes of the second proviso, fifty per centum of the

total seats in the Municipal Council/Committee shall be taken as

one-half of the total seats of the Municipal Council/Committee

rounded up to the next higher integer where the decimal value is

0.5 or more or rounded down to the next lower integer where the

decimal value is less than 0.5.

Amendment of

section 10 of

Haryana Act 24 of

1973.

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(ii) Not less than one-third of the total number of seats reserved under this

sub-section shall be reserved for women belonging to the Backward Classes ‘B’ and

such seats may be allotted by rotation and by lots amongst the wards reserved under

this sub-section.”;

(b)

for sub-section (5), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:-

“(5) The offices of Presidents in the municipalities shall be filled up from amongst

the member belonging to the general category, Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes ‘A’,

Backward Classes ‘B’ and women by rotation and by lots in the manner as may be

prescribed.”.

Repeal and

savings.

(1)

The Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024 (Haryana Ordinance No. 2 of 2024),

is hereby repealed.

(2)

Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or action taken under the principal Act,

as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal

Act, as amended by this Act.

RITU GARG,

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HARYANA,

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

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