Delhi Municipal Corp. elections to standing committee and power of mayor to re-scrutiny/ re-poll?
After Delhi municipal corporation elections, mayor/ RO called for meeting for purpose of election to standing committee. After this election, RO sent notice for re-poll on basis of re-scrutiny. The dispute is with respect to candidate number 6 who according to the Mayor/RO should be Ms. Sarika Choudhary belonging to AAP and according to the petitioners Mr. Pankaj Luthra belonging to BJP. Hon’ble Delhi High Court held that [1] : (i) The scheme of the DMC Act, 1957 is as follows— Chapter II of the DMC Act, 1957 deals with the establishment of Corporations . (ii) Section 35(1) provides that a corporation shall at its first meeting in each year, elect one of its members to be the chairperson, who is known as the mayor and another member to be the Deputy Mayor of the corporation. Section 3 provides for the establ...