Chandigarh administrator’s advisory council set to be reconstituted

The Chandigarh administration will be reconstituting the administrator’s advisory council by March finish. It has known as the final assembly of the outgoing council on February 22.

The prolonged tenure of the present council ends on March 31. The unique tenure ended on August 5 final 12 months, however in one in every of his final selections because the UT administrator, VPS Badnore had prolonged its tenure by one other six months.

“While a few of the current members will be retained, new faces will be inducted within the council. Some of the brand new members have been recommended to the UT administrator, and he’ll take the ultimate name,” mentioned a senior UT official.

In its February 22 assembly, the principle agenda will be the affirmation of minutes of the earlier assembly. The motion taken report on selections taken within the assembly held in February 2021 will even be introduced, and chairpersons of the ten standing committees of the council will make remarks on working of their respective panels.

Headed by the UT administrator, the council is liable for advising the administration on growth points and coverage issues affecting the town, and provides a platform to residents to air their views on a variety of points regarding the metropolis.

There are 60 members within the council as well as to senior UT officers. They embrace the present and former members of Parliament, mayor, resident and enterprise associations’ representatives, and different distinguished residents. It additionally has 10 standing committees, that are subject-matter-related teams headed by a boss.

The apex advisory physique of the administration final met in October final 12 months. In its two-year tenure, the council proved largely inconsequential within the supply of any essential selections or resolving long-standing problems with the town, although, within the later half of the present council, the administration made an try to give it extra tooth.

Reformed working

After his first assembly because the chairman of the council, UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit final 12 months had directed a number of reforms within the working of the council.

For lengthy, members of the council derided the ineffectiveness of the council and unresponsiveness of the administration to their recommendations. In Badnore’s final advisory council assembly, some members had demanded that the administration ought to repeatedly submit motion taken studies.

It was additionally recommended to break up the advisory council assembly into smaller teams to make it manageable. The effectiveness of its committees has additionally come beneath query from inside and with out the council.

After Purohit took over because the administrator, the problem of the council’s effectiveness once more got here up within the first introductory meet on September 2. The administrator had assured that steps will be taken to streamline its working, together with submission of motion taken studies.

Thereafter, the particular advisory council assembly in October final 12 months was convened to assess solely the implementation progress of the suggestions or selections of the committees.