State Act

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

341B-2. Election of Vice-President of Nagar Panchayat.— (1) Every Nagar Panchayat shall have a Vice-President, who shall be elected by the elected Councillors from amongst themselves in the special meeting convened under sub-section (2) of section 341B-1. (2) The meeting to elect the Vice-President shall be presided over by the Collector or such officer as the Collector may nominate specially in this behalf, but the Collector or such other officer shall have no right to vote: Provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder, for regulating the procedure at meetings (including the quorum thereat), the Collector or, as the case may be, the officer, presiding over such meeting may, for sufficient reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to adjourn such meeting. (3) If, in the election of the Vice-President, there is equality of votes, the result of the election shall be decided by the officer presiding over such meeting by drawing lots. (4) The name of the Vice-President so elected shall be notified by the Collector, in the Official Gazette, within fifteen days from such election. (5) Any dispute regarding the election of the Vice-President shall be referred to the State Government, whose decision thereon shall be final. (6) Subject to the provisions of section 55A and other provisions of this Act, the Vice-President, shall hold the office, 2[for a term of five years] from the date of his election. 3[(6A) In respect of the Nagar Panchayats to which the President is directly elected 4[prior to the commencement of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Mah. XLI of 2022)], the provisions of this section shall apply with the following modifications :— (i) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— “(1) Every Nagar Panchayat shall have a Vice-President who shall be elected by the elected Councillors amongst themselves in the first general meeting convened under sub-section (9) of section 341B-1A.”; (ii) for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— “(3) If in the election of Vice-President there is equality of votes, the President elected under section 341B-1A shall have a second or casting vote.”; (iii) for sub-section (6), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely :— “(6) Subject to the provisions of section 55A and other provisions of this Act, the Vice-President shall hold the office for a term of five years from the date of his election and his term shall be co-terminus with the term of the Nagar Panchayat.”.] 5[* * *] (7) If there is any vacancy in the office of the Vice-President for any reason whatsoever, the vacancy shall be filled up by following the procedure prescribed in sub-sections (1) to (3) and the Vice-President so elected shall remain in office only for the remainder of the term, for which his predecessor would have remained in office but for such vacancy.