Key facts

  • The Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 is Act No. 18 of 2009 and received the Governor's assent on 11 September 2009.
  • Chapter II is the core chapter for constitution and government of municipalities, covering delimitation, establishment, composition, term, wards and e...
  • Rajasthan's municipal classes under the Act are Municipal Corporation or Nagar Nigam, Municipal Council or Nagar Parishad, and Municipal Board or Naga...
  • The Act links larger urban area, smaller urban area and transitional area to Article 243Q of the Constitution, with population read from the last publ...
  • Ordinary municipal seats are filled by direct election from territorial constituencies called wards, and every municipality must have at least thirtee...

Key Points at a Glance

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    The Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 is Act No. 18 of 2009 and received the Governor's assent on 11 September 2009.

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    Chapter II is the core chapter for constitution and government of municipalities, covering delimitation, establishment, composition, term, wards and elections.

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    Rajasthan's municipal classes under the Act are Municipal Corporation or Nagar Nigam, Municipal Council or Nagar Parishad, and Municipal Board or Nagar Palika.

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    The Act links larger urban area, smaller urban area and transitional area to Article 243Q of the Constitution, with population read from the last published census.

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    Ordinary municipal seats are filled by direct election from territorial constituencies called wards, and every municipality must have at least thirteen elected seats.

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    Reservation of seats covers Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Backward Classes and women; one half of total seats are reserved for women, including category-wise women seats.

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    The chairperson title changes by class: Mayor in a Municipal Corporation, President in a Municipal Council and Chairman in a Municipal Board.

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Statutory frame and exam relevance

The Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 consolidates and amends the law relating to municipalities in Rajasthan. It applies to the whole State of Rajasthan except cantonment areas. For EO-RO Part B, its opening institutional provisions are high-yield because they decide what kind of urban local body exists, how its elected body is formed, what a ward means, which office carries political control and which officer carries administrative execution. This topic should be read with Part IXA of the Constitution, especially Article 243Q on the constitution of municipalities, Article 243R on composition, Article 243U on duration, Article 243S on ward committees and Article 243ZA on municipal elections.

The Act uses "Municipality" as an umbrella expression for three bodies. A Municipal Corporation corresponds to a larger urban area, a Municipal Council to a smaller urban area, and a Municipal Board to a transitional area. In Rajasthan exam language, these are commonly described as Nagar Nigam, Nagar Parishad and Nagar Palika. The Act's definitions tie these area expressions to Article 243Q rather than treating them as casual administrative labels.

Remember the frame: Constitution creates the category; the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009 supplies the Rajasthan machinery.

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