{ "id": 17027, "slug": "haryana-municipal-delimitation-of-ward-rules-1977", "title": "Haryana Municipal Delimitation of Ward Rules, 1977", "short_title": "Haryana Municipal Delimitation of Ward Rules, 1977", "act_number": "Published vide Haryana Gazette Legislative Supplem", "act_year": 1977, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Haryana", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Haryana Municipal Delimitation of Ward Rules, 1977", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title, commencement, extent.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973;\n(b) \"associate member\" means a member associated under sub-rule (2) of rule 4;\n(c) \"Ad hoc Body\" means a Delimitation Body constituted under rule 4;\n[(d) \"Director\" means the Director, [Urban Development] , Haryana] ;\n(e) \"Government\" means the Government of the State of Haryana in [Urban Development] Department.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Fixation of seats of Committees.", "chapter": null, "content": "Municipality with a\n\t\t\t\t\tpopulation\nNumber of seat\nNot exceeding 10,000\n...\n11\nExceeding 10,000 but not exceeding 20,000\n...\n13\nExceeding 20,000 but not exceeding 30,000\n...\n15\nExceeding 30,000 but not exceeding 40,000\n...\n17\nExceeding 40,000 but not exceeding 50,000\n...\n19\nExceeding 50,000 but not exceeding 60,000\n...\n21\nExceeding 60,000 but not exceeding 70,000\n...\n23\nExceeding 70,000 but not exceeding 80,000\n...\n25\nExceeding 80,000 but not exceeding 90,000\n...\n27\nExceeding 90,000 but not exceeding 1,00,000\n...\n29\nExceeding 1,00,000 but not exceeding [3,00,000]*\n...\n31\n*Substituted for \"5,00,000\" by Haryana Notification No. S.O. 145/H.A. 24/1973/Section 257/2003. Dated 11.12.2003.\n[3A. Validity of existing seats.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Constitution of Ad hoc Body. -", "chapter": null, "content": "[(i) Director [Urban Development] , Haryana or his representive who shall be the Chairman.]\n(ii) Deputy Commissioner of the District, in which the [committee] is situated, or his representative;\n(iii) President or Administrator of the Committee concerned; and\n(iv) The Executive Officer or Secretary of the Committee concerned.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Functions of the Ad hoc Body. -", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) to divide the committee into such number of wards as may be necessary, having regard to the number of elected members fixed by the Government for the committee under rule 3 and the number of seats reserved for members of the [Scheduled Castes, Backward Classes and Women] ; and\n(ii) to readjust the wards as and when the limits of the committee are altered or there is increase in population of the committee or there is abnormal variation in population/or voting figures of some of the wards of the committee, which requires such readjustment:", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Procedure and powers of the Ad hoc Body.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Principles for delimitation of wards of committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) wards shall, as far as practicable, be geographically compact areas, and having regard to physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, if any facilities of communication and public convenience;\n(b) the population of each ward, as far as practicable, should be the same throughout the [committee] with a variation up to 10 per cent above or below the average population per ward; and\n(c) wards reserved for the members of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes shall, as far as practicable, be located in those areas were the proportion of their population to the total population of the [committee] is the largest.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Proposal for delimitation of wards to be sent to Government.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Publication of proposal for delimitation of wards.", "chapter": null, "content": "[(a) publish in the Official Gazette the proposal for delimitation of wards received by it under rule 8, for eliciting objections or suggestions from the affected persons of the municipality. The said proposal for delimitation or wards shall be displayed on the conspicuous part of concerned committee;]\n(b) specify a date on or after which the proposal alongwith objections and suggestions, if any, will be considered by it;\n(c) consider all objections and suggestions which may be received by it before the date so specified; and\n(d) thereafter, by order, determine the delimitation of wards of the [committee] .", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Publication of final order of Government.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Correction of printing mistakes in the delimitation proposal/order made by Government.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Repeal and Saving.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "hl458", "Act Number": "Published vide Haryana Gazette Legislative Supplement Part 3 dated 22.2.1977 at Page 119", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1977", "Short Title": "Haryana Municipal Delimitation of Ward Rules, 1977", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Haryana" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19" }