Municipal Corporation Chandigarh
The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, also known as Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, is the civic body that governs the city of Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana.
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, India was formed within the Union Territory of Chandigarh under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act in 1976. The corporation was later extended to the union territory, Chandigarh, by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law Act, 1994, which came in effect on May 24, 1994. Under a provision of Section 47 of the act, M.P. Tyagi was appointed as first Commissioner of the Corporation w.e.f. on June 19, 1995. Tyagi continued to exercise mayoral powers until December 23, 1994, when the first meeting of the elected body of the Corporation was held. Tyagi was succeeded as Commissioner by S.K. Gathwal on August 8, 1996.
Rajesh Kumar Kalia currently serves as Mayor of Chandigarh upon succeeding Davesh Moudgil in January 2019.
Composition
According to the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh's website, the Corporation is composed of the following members:| 1 | "Members to be directly elected, representing wards." | 26 |
| 2 | "Members with voting rights to be nominated by the Administrator, from amongst the people who are eminent of distinguished in public affairs or those who have special knowledge or practical experience in respect of municipal administration." | 9 |
| 3 | "The Member of the House of the people representing the constituency which comprises wholly or partly, the Municipal Area, with the right the vote. " | 1 |
Administration
The Commissioner is the apex of the municipal administrative hierarchy who runs its administration. He is a senior government official and is appointed by the Central government. He is the chief executive officer who is responsible for the passing and implementation of the annual Municipal Corporation budget, its policies and programmes. All personnel of the Municipal Corporation work under the Commissioner's supervision and control.The current Municipal Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is K.K Yadav
Departments
Current members
Rajesh Kumar Kalia currently serves as Mayor of Chandigarh.| Ward No. | Name of the Councillor |
| 1 | Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh |
| 2 | Smt. Raj Bala Malik |
| 3 | Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma |
| 4 | Smt. Sunita Dhawan |
| 5 | Smt.Sheela Devi |
| 6 | Smt. Farmila |
| 7 | Sh. Rajesh Kumar |
| 8 | Sh. Arun Sood |
| 9 | Smt Gurbax Rawat |
| 10 | Sh. Hardeep Singh |
| 11 | Sh.Satish Kumar |
| 12 | Smt. Chanderwati Shukla |
| 13 | Smt.Heera Negi |
| 14 | Sh. Kanwarjeet Singh |
| 15 | Sh. Ravinder Kaur |
| 16 | Sh. Rajesh Kumar Gupta |
| 17 | Sh. Asha Kumari Jaswal |
| 18 | Sh. Devinder Singh Babla |
| 19 | Sh. Dalip Sharma |
| 20 | Sh. Shakti Prakash Devshali |
| 21 | Sh. Gurpreet Singh |
| 22 | Sh. Davesh Moudgil |
| 23 | Sh. Bharat Kumar |
| 24 | Sh. Anil Kumar Dube |
| 25 | Sh. Jagtar Singh |
| 26 | Sh. Vinod Aggarwal |