State Act

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955.

22. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person shall be disqualified for being elected as a #[member] if such person is at the date of election- (a) one who has been sentenced by any Court to imprisonment or for an offence involving moral turpitude 86[XXX] such sentence not having been subsequently reversed or quashed, or to death, such sentence having been subsequently commuted or altered to transportation or imprisonment: Provided that, on the expiry of such sentence the disqualification incurred under this clause shall cease; (b) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court, a deaf-mute or a leper; 87[(bb) already a member or Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat or a member of a Mandal Praja Parishad or Zilla Praja Parishad constituted under the provisions of the 88Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 or a member of a Nagar Panchayat or Municipality constituted under the provisions of the 89Telangana Municipalities Act, 1965;] (c) holds any office or place of profit under Government or under the Corporation or under any local authority: 90[Provided that nothing in this clause shall apply to a person who, for the time being, is holding the office of the Chairman of an Urban Development Authority for the development area comprising the Corporation, constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3 of the 91Telangana Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975;] (d) is an undischarged insolvent; (e) holds any judicial office with jurisdiction within the limits of the city; (f) is employed as paid legal practitioner on behalf of the Corporation, or accepts employment as legal practitioner against the Corporation; (g) having been a legal practitioner he has been dismissed or is under suspension by order of the High Court on any of the following grounds; the disqualification in the latter case being operative during the period of suspension:- (i) a criminal offence implying a moral defect of character, (ii) being guilty of fraudulent conduct; (h) subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) has directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner or if he belongs to a Joint Hindu Family, by any member of such family, any share or interest in any contract or has employment with, by or on behalf of the Corporation; (i) has been dismissed from the service of the Government, Corporation or any local authority for misconduct and has been declared by a competent authority to be not eligible for further employment in the public service; 92[(j) [XXX]] (k) had been disqualified for voting under section 20, unless such period has elapsed for which he was disqualified for voting. (2) A person shall not be deemed to have incurred disqualification under clause (h) of sub-section (1) by reason only of his- (a) receiving pension from the Corporation; (b) having any share or interest in- (i) any lease, sale, exchange or purchase of land or any agreement for the same; (ii) any agreement for the loan of money or any security for the payment of money only; (iii) any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the Corporation is inserted; (iv) any Joint Stock Company or any Society registered or deemed to be registered under 93[the Telangana Co-operative Societies Act, 1952] which shall contract with or be employed by the Commissioner on behalf of the Corporation; (v) the occasional sale to the Commissioner on behalf of the Corporation of any article in which he regularly trades to a value not exceeding in the aggregate in any financial year rupees five thousand; or (vi) the occasional letting out on hire to or hiring from the Corporation of any article for an amount not exceeding in the aggregate in any financial year rupees one thousand; (c) occupying as a tenant for the purpose of residence any premises belonging to the Corporation.