State Act

The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.

341A. Specification of a transitional area and incorporation of a Nagar Panchayat.— (1) The State Government may, having regard to the factors mentioned in clause (2) of article 243-Q of the Constitution of India, specify, by notification in the Official Gazette, an area in transition from a rural to an urban area to be a transitional area: Provided that, no such area shall be so specified as a transitional area unless,— (a) such area has a population of not less than ten thousand and not more than twenty-five thousand; and (b) such area is not more than twenty kilometers away from the territorial limits of any Municipal Corporation or a “A” Class Council and the percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities in such area is not less than twenty-five per cent.; or (c) such area is more than twenty kilometers away from the territorial limits of any Municipal Corporation or a “A” Class Council but the percentage of employment in non-agricultural activities in such area is not less than fifty per cent. 7[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in the proviso to sub-section (1), the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare an area which is a District Headquarter or a Taluka Headquarter to be a transitional area. (1B) Prior to the publication of a notification under sub-section (1) or (1A), the procedure prescribed in sub-sections (3), (4) and (5) of section 3 shall mutatis mutandis be followed.] (2) For every transitional area so specified under sub-section (1), there shall be constituted a Nagar Panchayat as provided in section 341B which shall be known by the name of ............ Nagar Panchayat. Every such Nagar Panchayat shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to enter into contract and may by the said name sue and be sued.