State Act
Section 85. Meeting of the Ward Committee.
THE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE ACT, 2020
This Act was repealed on 15 May 2025 by the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025), s.361(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.
85. Meeting of the Ward Committee.-(1)The Ward Committee shall meet at least once in a month for discharging the duties and performing the functions as are assigned to it under the Act, from time to time. (2) An officer of appropriate rank shall be designated by the Zonal Commissioner of the respective zone to act as Secretary for each Ward Committee, who shall also be a member of the ward committee, to provide administrative assistance to it. (3) All minutes of the proceedings of the meeting of the Ward Committee shall be recorded by the Secretary and a copy of the same shall be forwarded to the Corporation. (4) The meeting of the Ward Committee shall be convened by the Secretary of the Ward Committee in consultation with Chairperson. (5) No meeting of the ward committee shall be held on a public holiday and on the day on which a meeting of the Corporation is scheduled to be held. (6) No meeting shall be held unless notice of the day and time when the meeting is to be held and of the agenda has been given at least five days before the day of the meeting. (7) The quorum for the meetings shall be one third of members. (8) Decisions of the Ward Committee shall normally be taken on the basis of simple majority. (9) No act or proceedings undertaken under this Act by the Ward Committee shall be invalid merely on the ground of any vacancy in it. (10) The Zonal Commissioner or his nominee, shall be entitled to take part in the meetings and deliberations of the Ward Committee but shall not have the right to vote. (11) The Chairperson of the Ward Committee may request the representatives of concerned departments of the Corporation as special invitees to participate in the meetings. (12) The Chairperson, or in her absence, a member chosen, by the members present, from among themselves, shall preside over the meeting. (13) The manner of conduct of business at the meetings of the Ward Committee shall be such as may be prescribed.