Article 243ZE of Constitution of India "Committee for Metropolitan Planning"
(1) There shall be constituted in every Metropolitan,
area a Metropolitan Planning Committee to prepare a draft
development plan for the Metropolitan area as a whole.
(2) The Legislature of a State may, by law, make with
respect to;
(a) the composition of the Metropolitan Planning Committees;
(b) the manner in which the seats in such Committees shall
be filled:
Provided that not less than two-thirds of the members of
such Committee shall be elected by, and from amongst, the
elected members of the Municipalities and Chairpersons of
the Panchayats in the, Metropolitan area in proportion to
the ratio between the population of the Municipalities and
of the Panchayats in that area;
(c) the representation, in such Committees of the
Government of India and the Government of the State and of
such organisations and institutions as may be deemed
necessary for carrying out the functions assigned to such
Committees;
(d) the functions relating to planning and coordination for
the Metropolitan area which may be assigned to such
Committees;
(e) the manner in which the Chairpersons of such Committees
shall be chosen.
(3) Every Metropolitan Planning Committee shall, in
preparing the draft development plan,
(a) have regard to;
(i) the plans prepared by the Municipalities and the
Panchayats in the Metropolitan area;
(ii) matters of common interest between the Municipalities
and the Panchayats, including co-ordinated spatial planning
of the area, sharing of water and other physical and natural
resources, the integrated development of infrastructure and
environmental conservation;
(iii) the overall objectives and priorities set by the
Government of India and the Government of the State;
(iv) the extent and nature of investments likely to be made
in the Metropolitan area by agencies of the Government of
India and of the Government of the State and other available
resources whether financial or otherwise;
(b) consult such institutions and organisations as the
Governor may, by order, specify.
(4) The Chairperson of every Metropolitan Planning Committee
shall forward the development plan, as recommended by such
Committee, to the Government of the State.
Article 243ZF of Constitution of India "Continuance of
existing laws and Municipalities"
Notwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any
law relating to Municipalities in force in a State
immediately before the commencement of the Constitution
(Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992, which is inconsistent
with the provisions of this Part, shall continue to be in
force until amended or repealed by a competent Legislature
or other competent authority or until the expiration of one
year from such commencement, whichever is earlier:
Provided that all the Municipalities existing immediately
before such commencement shall continue till the expiration
of their duration, unless sooner dissolved by a resolution
passed to that effect by the Legislative Assembly of that
State or, in the case of a State having a Legislative
Council, by each House of the Legislature of that State.
Article 243ZG of Constitution of India "Bar to interference by courts in electoral matters"
Notwithstanding anything in this Constitution,
(a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of
constituencies or the allotment of seats to such
constituencies, made or purporting to be made under Article
243ZA shall not be called in question in any court;
(b) no election to any Municipality shall be called in
question expect by an election petition presented to such
authority and in such manner as is provided for by or under
any law made by the Legislature of a State.