**Executive Summary**
This document is a bill (L.A. BILL No. LV OF 2025) introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on June 30, 2025, to further amend the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965. It replaces the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025, which was promulgated on April 15, 2025. The key change involves the procedure for removing the President of a Nagar Panchayat.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Short Title and Commencement:**
* The Act is called the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Act, 2025.
* It is deemed to have come into force on April 15, 2025.
* **Amendment to Section 341B-5:**
* Section 341B-5 of the 1965 Act, concerning the removal of the President of a Nagar Panchayat, is replaced.
* The President will cease to hold office if a resolution is passed at a special meeting by a majority of at least two-thirds of the total number of Councillors.
* Such a resolution cannot be moved within one year of the President's election.
* A requisition for such a special meeting must be signed by at least half of the total number of Councillors and sent to the Collector.
* The Collector must convene the special meeting within ten days of receiving the requisition and inform the President.
* The Collector or an officer authorized by them will preside over the meeting but will not have voting rights.
* Nominated Councillors do not have the right to vote on the removal resolution.
* If the removal resolution is not moved or is rejected, no fresh resolution for removal can be brought before the Nagar Panchayat.
* **Repeal and Saving:**
* The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 is repealed.
* Actions taken under the Ordinance are considered to have been done under the corresponding provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder: Presidents of Nagar Panchayats**
* **Impact:** The procedure for their removal from office is changed from requiring government inquiry to a resolution passed by a two-thirds majority of Councillors at a special meeting.
* **Action Required:** Understand the new removal process and ensure compliance.
**Stakeholder: Councillors of Nagar Panchayats**
* **Impact:** They are given the power to remove the President through a resolution passed at a special meeting.
* **Action Required:** Follow the new procedure for initiating and passing a resolution for the removal of the President.
**Stakeholder: The Collector**
* **Impact:** The Collector's role is changed from conducting an inquiry into misconduct to convening and presiding over the special meeting for the removal resolution.
* **Action Required:** Understand the new responsibilities and procedures for convening and presiding over the special meeting.
Key Entities Referenced
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965: The principal Act being amended by this legislation, specifically concerning the removal of the President of Nagar Panchayats.
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships (Amendment) Act, 2025: The Bill aims to amend the principal Act of 1965, concerning Nagar Panchayats.
Nagar Panchayats: A type of local government body in Maharashtra. The policy relates to the removal process of the President of Nagar Panchayats.
Collector: The District Collector's office has a role in the removal process of the Nagar Panchayat President, as detailed in the proposed amendment.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly: The state legislative body where the Bill was introduced.
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MAHARASHTRA LEGISLATURE SECRETARIAT
The following Bill was introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly on the 30th June,
2025 is published under Rule 117 of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Rules :—
L. A. BILL No. LV OF 2025.
A BILL
further to amend the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats
and Industrial Townships Act, 1965.
WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session ;
AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that
circumstances existed which rendered it necessary for him to take immediate
Mah.
action further to amend the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar
XL of
1965. Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965, for the purposes hereinafter
Mah. appearing ; and, therefore, promulgated the Maharashtra Municipal Councils,
Ord. I of Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships )Amendment( Ordinance, 2025,
2025.
on the 15th April 2025;
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भााग पााच-अ-१४–१2 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच-अ, जून ३०, २०२५/आषााढ ९, शाकेे १९४७
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to replace the said Ordinance by an Act
of the State Legislature; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-sixth Year of the
Republic of India as follows :-
Short title 1. )1( This Act may be called the Maharashtra Municipal Councils,
and Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships )Amendment( Act, 2025.
commencement.
(2( It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th April
2025.
Substitution 2. For section 341B-5 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Mah. XL
of section Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 )hereinafter referred to as of 1965.
341B-5 of
“the principal Act”(, the following section shall be substituted, namely :—
Mah. XL of
1965.
Removal of “341B-5. )1( A President of a Nagar Panchayat elected under
President section 341B-1 shall cease to be the President, if the Councillors by a
of Nagar
resolution passed at a special meeting by a majority of not less than
Panchayats by
two-third of the total number of Councillors so decide :
Councillors.
Provided that, no such resolution shall be moved within a period
of one year from the date of the election of the President.
)2( The requisition for such special meeting shall be signed by
not less than one-half of the total number of Councillors and shall be
sent to the Collector.
)3( The Collector shall, within ten days of the receipt of a
requisition under sub-section )2(, convene a special meeting of the
Nagar Panchayat:
Provided that, when the Collector convenes a special meeting, he
shall give intimation thereof to the President.
)4( A meeting to consider a resolution under sub-section )1( shall
be presided over by the Collector or any other officer authorized by
him in this behalf, but the Collector or such other officer shall have
no right to vote.
)5( The nominated Councillors shall have no right to vote on any
resolution relating to the removal of the President.
)6( If the resolution seeking the removal of the President is
not moved or, as the case may be, rejected, in the special meeting
convened for the purpose under sub-section )3(, no fresh resolution
seeking the removal of the President shall be brought before the Nagar
Panchayat.”.
Repeal 3. )1( The Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Mah.
of Mah. Industrial Townships )Amendment( Ordinance, 2025, is hereby repealed. Ord. I of
Ord. I of 2025.
2025 and )2( Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action
saving. taken )including any notification or order issued( under the corresponding
provisions of the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall
be deemed to have been done, taken or, as the case may be, issued under
the corresponding provisions of the principal Act, as amended by this Act.महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग पाच-अ, जून ३०, २०२५/आषााढ ९, शाकेे १९४७ 3
STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
As per provisions of section 341B-1 of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils,
Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act, 1965 )Mah. XL of 1965(
every Nagar Panchayat, to which general election is held before the date of
commencement of the Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and
Industrial Townships )Amendment( Act, 2022 )Mah. XLI of 2022(, has President
who is elected by the elected Councillors from amongst themselves.
2. The procedure for removal of President of Nagar Panchayats under
section 341B-5 of the said Act involves requisition signed by not less than one
half of the total number of Councillors containing charges of misconduct against
the President to be sent to the Collector, conduct of inquiry by the Collector,
submitting of findings of such inquiry to the Government and taking final
decision by the Government upon receipt of inquiry report by the Collector.
It was considered expedient to provide that a President, who is elected by
the elected Councillors from amongst themselves, shall cease to be the President
if the Councillors by a resolution passed at a special meeting by majority of
not less than two-third of the total number of Councillors so decide. Therefore,
section 341B-5 of the said Act was proposed to be substituted to provide for
removal of such President by the Councillors by a resolution passed at a special
meeting and procedure therefor.
3. As both Houses of the State Legislature were not in session and the
Governor of Maharashtra was satisfied that circumstances existed which
rendered it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the
Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships
Act, 1965, for the purposes aforesaid, the Maharashtra Municipal Councils,
Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships )Amendment( Ordinance, 2025
)Mah. Ord. I of 2025(, was promulgated by the Governor of Maharashtra on
the 15th April 2025.
4. The Bill is intended to replace the said Ordinance by an Act of the
State Legislature.
EKNATH SHINDE,
Mumbai, Deputy Chief Minister
Dated the 11th June 2025. )Urban Development(.
Vidhan Bhavan : JITENDRA BHOLE,
Mumbai, Secretary-1,
Dated the 30th June, 2025. Maharashtra Legislative Assembly.
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