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No. 37 Poudouchéry Jeudi 23 Mai 2013 (2 Jyaistha 1935)
No. Puducherry Thursday 23rd May 2013
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
LOCAL ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIAT
(G.O. Ms. No. 9/LAS/A4/2013, dated 22nd May 2013)
NOTIFICATION
The Hon' b le High Court of Judicature at Madras i n Writ Petition No. 30477 of 2012, passed an order on 13-12-2012, directing inter alia, that—
(i) on obtaining the approved final census of 2011, the Government of Puducherry shall carry out the delimitation of municipal wards and village wards and the reservation for backward classes; and
(ii) after completion of the delimitation process and reservation, notification shall be issued and forwarded to the State Election Commissioner, Puducherry, who shall proceed to notify the elections to the civic bodies in the Union territory of Puducherry.
[ 441 ]LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT [ PART-I 442 442 2. Therefore, in pursuance of the said directives of the Hon'ble Court, for the purpose of conducting second civic elections to the municipalities and commune panchayats and village panchayats, it has been decided by the Government to carry out delimitation of municipal wards, commune panchayat wards and village panchayat wards, to fix the number of seats to be reserved for scheduled castes, women and backward classes under the Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973 and the Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayats Act, 1973, on the basis of 2011 census. After careful examination, the Government has now decided to set up a committee to go into all aspects of the delimitation, determination of number of members and fixing number of seats for reservation as said above and to make a report to the Government.
3. The composition of the committee will be as follows:–
(1) Thiru G. Panneerselvam, Retired Additional . . Chairman
Secretary to Government.
(2) Thiru S. Rajamanickam, Commissioner, . . Member
Puducherry Municipality.
(3) Thiru V. Nagarajan, Retired Deputy Director, . . Member
Local Administration Department.
(4) Thiru A.S.P.S. Raviprakash, Director, . . Member-
Local Administration Department. Secretary.
4. The terms of reference of the committee will be as follows:–
(i) To make recommendations for the delimitation of wards in respect of all municipalities constituted under the Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973 having due regard to the population as recorded in 2011 census, and for determining the total number of reserved seats for scheduled castes, scheduled caste women, general women and backward classes.
(ii) To make recommendations for the delimitation of wards in respect of all commune panchayats constituted under the Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayats Act, 1973 having due regard to the population as recorded in 2011 census, and for determining the total number of reserved seats for scheduled castes, scheduled caste women, general women and backward classes in respect of members of commune panchayat councils.
(iii) To make recommendations for the delimitation of wards in respect of all village panchayats constituted under the Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayats Act, 1973 having due regard to the population as recorded in 2011 census, and for determining the total number of reserved seats for scheduled castes, scheduled caste women, general women and backward classes in respect of (a) members of village panchayats and (b) presidents of village panchayats.
(iv) To make recommendations for the fixation of total number of members excluding chairman in each commune panchayat council.
(v) To make recommendations for the fixation of total number of members excluding president in each village panchayat.
5. The committee shall, as far as practicable, in delimiting the wards or in forming panchayat villages, have due regard to the legal and other related provisions contained in the Puducherry Municipalities Act, 1973 and Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayats Act, 1973 and rules and orders of thePART-I ] LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT 443 Government issued from time to time. In case of any need for incorporating additional clauses to streamline the whole process of delimitation and to identify the wards upon delimitation, the committee can do so, after obtaining appropriate approval of the competent authorities. If for any reason, the committee requires services of additional experts, the same may also be requisitioned with the prior consent of the Government.
6. The committee shall meet as and when required and felt necessary.
The headquarters of the committee will be Puducherry.
7. The committee shall immediately commence the preliminary works such as spot visits inquiry and field study etc., in connection with delimitation process and for the above purpose may obtain requisite materials from the authorities concerned so that the delimitation process is completed and the final report is published at the earliest and in tune with the orders passed by Hon'ble Courts in this regard.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
V. THENRALI,
Under Secretary to Government.
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