Panel set up for delimitation of Delhi MC wards

New Delhi, July 9

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has set up a three-member commission for carrying out a fresh delimitation exercise of the municipal wards in Delhi, according to a statement issued by the MCD on Saturday. The exercise will pave the way for the civic polls in Delhi, which would be the first since the recent reunification of the city’s three corporations.

“Taking a step forward in the direction of holding municipal elections, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, by exercising its powers under sections 3, 3A and 5 of the DMC Act, 1957, has constituted a delimitation commission to assist central government in delimitation of wards and carrying out other functions related to it,” the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said in a statement.

It said the panel will have three members—Vijay Dev, State Election Commissioner, Delhi, who will be its chairman; Pankaj Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary in the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and Randhir Sahay, Additional Commissioner, MCD. The commission will present its report within four months of its formation, the civic body said.

The reunified MCD formally came into existence on May 22 with IAS officers Ashwani Kumar and Gyanesh Bharti assuming charge as its special officer and commissioner, respectively. The erstwhile MCD, established in 1958, was trifurcated in 2012 during Sheila Dikshit’s tenure as the Chief Minister. It was recently reunified by merging the three civic bodies—North, South and East Delhi municipal corporations or NDMC, SDMC and EDMC. — PTI

3-member committee

• Vijay Dev, State Election Commissioner, Delhi (will be heading the panel as its chairman)
• Pankaj Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary in Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
• Randhir Sahay, Additional Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Delhi

4 months: The MHA commission will take to present its report

AAP attacks MHA

We are happy the Centre has formed a committee for the delimitation exercise.... But no orders have been issued on the number of wards in Delhi. Then, how will this committee work? Arvind Kejriwal, Delhi CM and AAP chief

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