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Municipal Committee’s Incharge Executive Officer Suspended

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SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended the Incharge Executive Officer of the Municipal Committee Handwara pending an inquiry against him.
According to an order, Farooq Ahmad Rather, the Incharge Executive Officer of MC Handwara, has been attached to the office of the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies Kashmir.
“Pending inquiry into his conduct and in terms of Rule 31(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Classification, Control, and Appeal) Rules, 1956, Farooq Ahmad Rather, I/C Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Handwara is hereby placed under suspension with immediate effect,” read the order.
During his suspension period, he shall remain attached to the office of the Directorate of Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir.
“It is further ordered that the Director of Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir, shall assign the charge of the post of Executive Officer, Handwara, to any suitable officer until regular arrangements are made by the Government, whichever is earlier,” it added. (KNS)

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( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )

May 4, 2023
Andhra municipal chairman takes bath in front of office

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Amaravati: In a novel protest over alleged corruption in Tadipatri municipality in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur district, municipal chairman J.C. Prabhakar Reddy took a bath in front of the municipal office on Tuesday.
Prabhakar Reddy, a leader of opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP), sat on a chair and took a bath in front of the municipal office.
He along with TDP councilors were on a sit-in at the municipal office since Monday, demanding action against the corrupt.

Prabhakar Reddy, a former MLA, spent the night under a tent along with other protesters.
After his bath, he continued his sit-in.
TDP leaders and workers from surrounding areas reached there to express solidarity with him.
TDP councilors on Monday launched a protest against corruption in the municipality. They alleged that the municipal commissioner and other officials were not taking any action.
The protesters submitted a memorandum to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. They also cooked the food at the protest camp at the municipal office.

The TDP councilors demanded that the commissioner take responsibility for the theft of diesel and tyres from the municipal office.
They alleged that the commissioner was ignoring irregularities being committed by the ruling party YSR Congress. Later, Prabhakar Reddy also joined the protesters at the camp.
Earlier, the municipal chairman was kept under house arrest when he was to stage a protest over illegal sand mining in the Penna River.
The police stopped him from leaving for Peddapur to inspect the banks of the river where sand is being illegally mined.
Prabhakar Reddy, however, managed to leave the house and sat on a road to protest the police action.
He was later detained and shifted to a police station.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 25, 2023
Former Jagtial municipal chairperson Boga Sravani joins BJP

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Hyderabad: Former Jagtial municipal chairperson Boga Sravani joined the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) along with her husband Praveen, five days after she resigned from BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi).
Union minister of Labour and Employment Bupender Yadav was present at the ceremony which took place in New Delhi.
Sravani was accompanied by Nizamabad MP Dharmapuri Aravind, BJP national vice president DK Aruna and national executive member G Vivek.
BJP MLA Eatala Rajender had recently met Sravani in Jagtial and invited her to join the party after she resigned from both, the post of municipal chairperson and BRS, alleging harassment by MLA Sanjay Kumar.
She alleged that the BRS MLA insulted her many times and the BRS high command turned a deaf ear to her complaint, Sravani said that she decided to join BJP.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 2, 2023
Telangana HC pulls up municipal body over killing of boy by stray dogs

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Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Thursday pulled up Hyderabad’s municipal body over the gruesome death of a four-year-old boy who was mauled to death by stray dogs on Sunday.
Taking cognisance of the media report on the incident, the court initiated suo moto Public Interest Litigation (PIL).
A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan blamed negligence by the Greater Hyderabad of Municipal Corporation (GHMC) for the boy’s death and asked it what steps are being taken to curtail incidents of stray dog attacks.
The GHMC has also been asked to explain what steps it would take to ensure that such an incident is not repeated.
Expressing condolences over the death of the boy, the court said it would look into the matter of compensation for his family.
The court included the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary of the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, GHMC Commissioner, GHMC Deputy Commissioner (Amberpet), GHMC Veterinary Officer, Hyderabad District Collector and Member Secretary of Telangana State Legal Services Authority as respondents in the case and asked them to file the counter.
It adjourned the hearing to March 16.
Meanwhile, Animal Husbandry Minister T. Srinivas Yadav aling with Home Minister Mahmood Ali held a meeting with officials on the steps to check stray dog menace.

After the meeting, Yadav told reporters the municipal authorities have been directed to undertake a month-long special drive to sterilise stray dogs.
The Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development directed all the Municipal Commissioners to enhance the current capacity of conducting animal birth control including rationalisation centre wise, increasing the number of dog catching teams and vehicles in order to attend the dog complaints effectively and to achieve 100 per cent sterilisation of street dogs.
The Municipal Commissioners have also been asked to assess and identify high density stray dog areas and the areas where more number of dog bite incidents are reported by involving resident welfare associations, slum level federations and town level federations to take immediate necessary action in preventing further dog bites.
The officials have been told to take stringent action against hotels, restaurants, function halls, non-vegetarian shops, hostels and hostels and other establishments that dispose of garbage on streets as this attracts stray dogs.
They were also asked to arrange adequate number of water bowls in suitable locations, preferably away from public movement areas, to alleviate the aggression of street dogs during the summer season.
The municipal officials were directed to install billboards/hoardings to highlight appropriate behaviour towards street dogs, including dos and don’ts.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 23, 2023
J&K admin unveils Rules for levy, assessment and collection of property tax in limits of municipal councils and committees

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Srinagar, Feb 21: The administration of Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory on Tuesday unveiled Rules for levying, assessment and collection of property tax in the limits of municipal councils and committees of the UT.
The Housing & Urban Development Department today notified “The Jammu and Kashmir Property Tax (Other Municipalities) Rules, 2023 “.
According to the notification, a copy of which is in possession of news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), these rules, which would be applicable within the limits of municipal councils and municipal committees, shall come into force from April 01, 2023.
The Rules define the procedure for calculation of property tax.
According to the Rules, the Taxable Annual Value (TAV) of a property under the Municipal Act-2000 and the property tax due thereon for a financial year shall be calculated in accordance with a formula given in schedule-I to these rules.
The Rules state that the property tax on residential property would be 5% of Taxable Annual Value (TAV) while that of non-residential property be 6 % of Taxable Annual Value (TAV).
The property tax calculated in respect of a building shall hold for a block of three years unless any change to such calculation is necessitated on account of the circumstances envisaged in the Act for allowing revision in such calculation, the Rules state.
“The first block shall commence from 1ST April 2023, and shall continue to remain in force till 3 1 March 2026. The blocks shall be similarly calculated thereafter, “read the Rules.

According to the Rules, new buildings coming up after the commencement of the block shall have their property tax liability calculated with reference to the 1st day of the relevant block, and irrespective of their having completed three years, their liability to tax shall be calculated anew from the date of commencement of the new block of three years for the Corporation as a whole.
“Where a building is liable to property tax for only a part of the year, the tax due shall be proportional to the number of completed months and parts of month not completed shall be ignored,” the Rules state.
According to the Rules, vacant lands, not appurtenant to a structure/building shall be exempt from property tax if there is a Master Plan in force in the area, under which any construction/development on such vacant land is disallowed or if they have been put to agricultural use.
“Similarly, all the properties of the municipality and all places of worship, including temples, masjids, Gurdwaras, Churches, Ziarats, etc. and cremation and burial grounds shall be exempt from payment of property tax,” the Rules state.
The Rules state that all properties owned by the Government of India / UT government shall be exempted from payment of property tax.
“However, service charge at the rate 3% of the taxable annual value shall be payable to the Municipality in respect of such properties,” the Rules state—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

February 21, 2023
Don’t turn House into a municipal corporation, Speaker tells warring TMC, BJP MPs

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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday admonished Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee and BJP MP Saumitra Khan after they entered into a war of words, asking them not to convert the House into a “municipal corporation”.
The drama started when Khan sought to know during Question Hour as to how many unorganised sector workers from West Bengal had registered with the e-Shram portal of the Labour Ministry, as he said that many such workers have been agitating and complaining about lack of payment of dearness allowance.
While Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav replied to the BJP MP’s question, Banerjee objected by saying that the matter raised by Khan was subjudice in the Supreme Court and was not part of the original question.
When Birla asked Banerjee to sit down, Khan started shouting from his seat and soon both the MPs engaged in a war of words, with the Trinamool MP losing his cool and asking Khan to “shut up”.
At this point, there was commotion in the House as lawmakers from both sides started a ruckus, forcing Birla to say “don’t turn the House into a municipal corporation”.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 13, 2023