Municipalities of Puducherry
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The municipalities of Puducherry include five administrative
Area and population
Area of
Early years
The French Metropolitan Decree dated 12 March 1880 adopted a six-year term of office for mayors, municipal councillors and commune panchayats. From then all the civil records were maintained perfectly in Puducherry Union Territory.
In the past, municipal administration was virtually the pivot of the whole administrative machinery in Puducherry. It had several features that could serve as a role model for hassle-free administration. Puducherry had four municipalities in the past namely,
.Actually, it was the municipal elections that decided cession of the old colonies of French to India.
Past communes
- Pondicherry
- Mudaliarpettai
- Ozukarai
- Ariyankuppam
- Villianur
- Mannadipet
- Bahour
- Nettapakkam
La Mairie De Pondichéry (Hotel de Ville)
There was magnificent and elegant 19th-century municipality building situated close to the sea on beach road in
Le Dupleix is in a villa built in the 18th century as the residence of the mayor of Pondicherry. It is a 14-roomed luxury heritage hotel now.
Election results of 1948
In June 1948 the French and Indian Governments came to an agreement as to how the future of the French settlements should be determined.
Municipal elections were held in
- Total seats-102
- Socialists-83
- Congress-13
- Independents-09
Past mayors
- Léon Guerre (1880, First Mayor of Pondicherry)
- Jean Henri Frederic Gaebelé (b. 1860-d.1936), Mayor of Pondicherry (1899 and 1908–1928).
- H.M.Cassime (H.Mouhamad Cassime, past mayor and president of Chambre de Commerce of Pondicherry)[1]
- Selvaraj Chettiar.
- LATOUR Joseph (1955–1956)
- Papa Edouard Goubert(past mayor and first chief minister of Puducherry)
- Muthu Pillai (last mayor of Pondicherry)
Post-merger period
The areas comprising the
Reorganization of local bodies in 1973
While in Puducherry Union Territory, the decree of 12 March 1880, which provided for a common structure of
Under the re-organized set up, the Inspectorate of Local Bodies was converted into a directorate headed by a director to deal with the administrative matters. He was conferred the ex officio secretariat status with two deputy directors to deal with "municipal administration" and "rural development" respectively.
Absence of civil elections for three decades
For more than three decades, the municipalities and commune panchayats were staffed by the bureaucracy. Special officers stepped into the shoes of mayors and took charge after the civic bodies, formed in 1968, completed their six-year term in 1974.
Current municipalities
- Pondicherry Municipality
- Ozhukarai Municipality
- Karaikal Municipality
- Yanam Municipality
- Mahe Municipality
Following the introduction of the Pondicherry Municipalities Act, 1973, four municipalities came into existence in
Current commune panchayats of Pondicherry region
- Ariankuppam
- Villianur
- Mannadipattu
- Bahour
- Nettapakkam
Present situation
The decree that was the basic Law of Municipalities has now been replaced by the Pondicherry Municipalities Act 1973, which came into force on 26 January 1974. The
Villianur
This is a town in
See also
- Municipal Administration in French India
- Puducherry Legislative Assembly
References
External links
- Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry
- De Facto Transfer of the Administration of the Territory of French Establishments in India, 1954 - Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India website
- Treaty De Jure Cession, 1956 - Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India website
- Mahe Region - Official website
- Puducherry District - Official website
- Pondicherry Municipality - Official website
- Oulgaret Municipality - Official website
- Karaikkal District - Official website
- Karaikkal Municipality - Official website
- Yanam Region - Official website
- Local Administration Department, Government of Puducherry - Official website
- State Election Commission, Government of Puducherry - Official website