Pondicherry Municipal Council
Pondicherry Municipality புதுச்சேரி நகராட்சி | |
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First Past the Post | |
Last election | 2006 |
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Pondicherry Municipality, Puducherry | |
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The Pondicherry Municipal Council (Tamil: புதுச்சேரி நகராட்சி) is the municipality of Pondicherry, India. Pondicherry has had a French system of municipal administration since 1880 and till the last poll held in 1968. Recently, in 2006 again municipal elections were held.
History
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 record 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,
.It was the municipal elections that decided cession of the
Area and population
Area of
Past communes
- Pondicherry
- Ariyankuppam
- Mudaliarpettai
- Ozukarai
- Bahour
- Nettapakkam
- Villianur
- Mannadipet
La Mairie De Pondichéry (Hotel de Ville)
There was a magnificent and elegant 19th-century municipality building situated close to the sea on the beach road in
Le Dupleix, a villa built in the 18th century, was the residence of Mayor of
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)
- Munusamy Naicker - Villenour commune Mayor (1896-1899)
- Jean Henri Frederic Gaebelé (1860–1936), Mayor of Pondicherry (1899 and 1908–1928)
- Selvaraj Chettiar
- Joseph Latour (1955–1956)
- H.M. Cassime (1956–1961)
- Édouard Goubert (ex-mayor of Pondicherry and first chief minister of Puducherry)
- Dr. B. Sridevi (2006–2011) (last mayor of Pondicherry)
Post-merger period
The areas comprising the
Reorganization of local bodies in 1973
While in
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 manned 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 district
- Ariankuppam
- Bahour
- Mannadipet
- Nettapakkam
- Villianur
Present situation
The basic Law of Municipalities decree has now been replaced by the Pondicherry Municipalities Act 1973, which come into force on 26 January 1974. The Pondicherry Municipality constituted under the Act of 1973 is a selection grade municipality, and comprises the erstwhile Communes of Pondicherry, and Mudaliarpet and its headquarters in Pondicherry. The total number of council wards is 42. Out of 42 wards, 4 wards have been reserved for
Villianur
This is a rural town in
PAST MAYOR MUNUSAMY NAICKER(1896-1899)
During french rule, Pondicherry is divided into several communes and each commune has mayors as its top most administrative officers. At that time the most wealthiest person in a particular commune is appointed as a mayor for administrative duties. In that time Munusamy Naicker is the wealthiest person in villenour commune possessing acres of agricultural lands doing agriculture. He was elected as the mayor of Villenour commune by the french officials. He has hobby of making shiva lingas and buring them under the ground. It has been told that many shiva lingas have been made by him and his sons and had been buried in his native place(SANDHAI PUDUKUPPAM-today). But surprisingly, we cannot find where he was buried after he has been died. He once has most parts of the village sandhai pudukuppam and he and his successors gave the land to many people to create neighbour hood. But recently, a statue of lingam made of limestone has been found in sandhai pudukuppam village making the news about him to be true. We can see his name inscripted in the present day Villenour commune panchayat office at villenour. His successors are residing at Sandhai pudukuppam today.
See also
- Municipal Administration in French India
- Puducherry Legislative Assembly
- Municipalities of Puducherry
- Yanam Municipal Council
References
- ^ "Municipality Details – Pondicherry Municipality – The Union Territory of Puducherry". pdymun.in. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Historical Background – Pondicherry Municipality – The Union Territory of Puducherry". pdymun.in. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
External links
- District homepage of Pondicherry
- Official website of the Government of the Union Territory of Puducherry
- Indian Ministry for External Affaires – 1956 Treaty of Cession
- Official website of Mahe Region