Greater Chennai Corporation Council approves proposal on delegation of powers to Standing Committees

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) Council on Monday permitted the draft assigning roles and delegating powers to the Council and Standing Committees underneath the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Body (TNULB) Act, 2023.

According to the civic physique, these guidelines have been already being adopted however will now be recorded formally. The financial limits set out within the Act haven’t but been specified on this draft, the GCC mentioned. The draft outlined which authority can approve explicit selections.

Matters such because the disqualification of the Mayor or a councillor, resignation of the Mayor, or a no-confidence movement in opposition to the Mayor or Deputy Mayor, will go straight earlier than the Council.

There are six Standing Committees — Taxation, Works, Education, Public Health, Accounts, and Town Planning Proposals. For occasion, points equivalent to measures to regulate the stray canine inhabitants would require the clearance of the Public Health Committee, whereas water provide and sewage pipeline connections will want the nod of the Taxation Committee, earlier than being introduced to the Council.

For sure tasks, approval from two or extra committees could also be required. For occasion, roadworks assigned to the Corporation, the upkeep of waterbodies, and the development and maintenance of public bogs will want the concurrence of each the Works and Taxation Committees earlier than being positioned for the Council’s approval. In such circumstances, proposals should first be positioned within the order talked about within the rules. In the above case, first earlier than the Works Committee after which the Taxation Committee, in response to the foundations.

If variations in approving a mission come up between committees, they might submit a press release to the Mayor by means of the Corporation Commissioner. The matter will then be introduced earlier than the Council for decision. Until the Council grants approval, the Corporation Commissioner can not take any motion on the matter involved, the rules state.

Notably, in May 2023, councillors from varied political events complained that the GCC Council had misplaced powers following the implementation of the brand new guidelines widespread for all city native our bodies within the State. Before this, the GCC loved distinctive powers of native administration underneath the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, councillors had mentioned then.