State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act

452. 5[Power of State Government to dissolve Corporation.].— (1) If at any time upon representation made or otherwise it appears to the 6[State] Government that the Corporation is not competent to perform, or persistently makes default in the performance of, the duties imposed upon it by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force or exceeds or abuses its powers, the 1[State] Government may, after having given the Corporation an opportunity to show cause why such order should not be made, by an order published, with the reasons therefor, in the Official Gazette 2[dissolve the Corporation with effect from the date to be specified in the order.] (2) 3[With effect from the date specified in the order passed under sub-section (1) or with effect from the date on which the Corporation stands dissolved under the proviso the article 243-ZF]:— (a) 4* * * * * * * (b) 5* * * * * * * 6[(c) all powers and duties of the Corporation, the Standing Committee, the Transport Committee and all other committees constituted under the Act, shall, during the period of dissolution be exercised and performed by such Government Officer or Officers as the State Government may, from time to time, appoint in this behalf.] 7[(d) on dissolution of the Corporation all the property vested in the Corporation shall vest in the State Government.] (e) the person or persons appointed under clause (c) may delegate his or their powers and duties to an individual or a committee or sub-committee. 8[(f) The Government Officer or Officers appointed under clause (c) and the individual or the members of the committee or sub-committee referred to in clause (e) shall receive such remuneration from the Municipal Fund as the State Government may from time to time determine.] (3) 9* * * * * * * (4) The Corporation shall be 10[re-constituted by election of councillors at general ward elections within the time specified for the purpose in clause (b) of section 6B] : Provided that the person or persons appointed under clause (d) of sub-section (2) shall continue to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Corporation, the Standing Committee and, as the case may be, the Transport Committee until the first meeting of the Corporation constituted by the election of councillors as aforesaid shall have been held.