Director of Municipalities was established at Dt. 01/06/1965 in Ahmedabad. On Sep, 1990 under Gujarat Municipality Act 1963 office of Regional Director was established in Rajkot.

 

 

Administrative, Supervision and Controlling Authority

• Establishment expenditure.
• Approval of rules under section 271 and section 275
• Supervision of Municipalities activities
• Vigilance and inquiry for Municipalities misconduct and misbehavior
• Monitoring of special drives declared by the state government.

Classification of Municipalities

• Municipalities of Gujarat state are classified into 4 categories on the basis of population. As per the Census 2001, total 159 Municipalities are there in Gujarat state at present.

Classification	Population	Total Muncipalities
A-Class	More than 1 Lac	18
B-Class	50,000 to 1,00,000	33
C-Class	25,000 to 50,000	45
D-Class	15,000 to 25,000	63
	Total	159

Quasi Judicial Work

• Section 37 : Authority to Remove Councilor, President & Vice-president if he has been guilty of misconduct in the discharge of duties or of any disgraceful conduct or has become incapable of performing his duties.
• Section 70 : Authority to recover the economical loss personally from Councilor, President & Vice-president if he has been guilty of misuse of finance.
• Section 258 (3) : Appellant Authority against Order of Collector
• Section 38 (4) : Appellant Authority against Order of Collector.
• Section 40 : Authority to remove President & Vice-president