The Municipalities

• 243PDefinitionsIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, —   (a) “Committee” means a Committee constituted under article 243S;   (b) “district” means a district in a State;   (c)
• 243QConstitution of Municipalities(1) There shall be constituted in every State, —   (a) a Nagar Panchayat (by whatever name called) for a transitional area, that is to say, an area in transition from a rural are
• 243RComposition of Municipalities(1) Save as provided in clause (2), all the seats in a Municipality shall be filled by persons chosen by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Municipal area a
• 243SConstitution and composition of Wards Committees, etc(1) There shall be constituted Wards Committees, consisting of one or more wards, within the territorial area of a Municipality having a population of three lakhs or more.   (2)
• 243TReservation of seats(1) Seats shall be reserved for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in every Municipality and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same pr
• 243UDuration of Municipalities, etc(1) Every Municipality, unless sooner dissolved under any law for the time being in force, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer
• 243VDisqualifications for membership(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of a Municipality —   (a) if he is so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force
• 243WPowers, authority and responsibilities of Municipalities, etcSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow —   (a) the Municipalities with such powers and authority as may be necessary to ena
• 243XPower to impose taxes by, and Funds of, the MunicipalitiesThe Legislature of a State may, by law, —   (a) authorise a Municipality to levy, collect and appropriate such taxes, duties, tolls and fees in accordance with such procedure and
• 243YFinance Commission(1) The Finance Commission constituted under article 243-I shall also review the financial position of the Municipalities and make recommendations to the Governor as to —   (a) t
• 243ZAudit of accounts of MunicipalitiesThe Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the maintenance of accounts by the Municipalities and the auditing of such accounts.
• 243ZAElections to the Municipalities(1) The superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the Municipalities shall be vested in the State Elect
• 243ZBApplication to Union territoriesThe provisions of this Part shall apply to the Union territories and shall, in their application to a Union territory, have effect as if the references to the Governor of a State w
• 243ZCPart not to apply to certain areas(1) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the Scheduled Areas referred to in clause (1), and the tribal areas referred to in clause (2), of article 244.   (2) Nothing in this Part
• 243ZDCommittee for district planning(1) There shall be constituted in every State at the district level a District Planning Committee to consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the
• 243ZECommittee for Metropolitan planning(1) There shall be constituted in every Metropolitan area a Metropolitan Planning Committee to prepare a draft development plan for the Metropolitan area as a whole.   (2) The Le
• 243ZFContinuance of existing laws and MunicipalitiesNotwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any law relating to Municipalities in force in a State immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventy-four
• 243ZGBar to interference by courts in electoral mattersNotwithstanding anything in this Constitution, —   (a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, ma