Key Points
For the election, the file moves from the municipal secretary to MCD commissioner, urban development secretary, and then the chief secretary, who sends it to the urban development minister..
The proposed resignation of chief minister (CM) Arvind Kejriwal and the subsequent election of a new CM may pave the way for mayoral polls in the city, which have been stuck for the past six months given that the lieutenant governor (LG) sought inputs from the CM to appoint a presiding officer for the polls.e)..
A senior official from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said that the nomination process was completed and the Election Commission of Indias permission sought (as Model Code of Conduct was in place for Lok Sabha polls) but the elections could not be held as a presiding officer was not appointed by the LG..
On April 25, LG Saxena had declined to appoint a presiding officer for holding mayoral election without inputs from the chief minister and elections slated to be held on April 26 were postponed indefinitely..
In the second year of the MCDs five-year tenure, the mayor post is reserved for the a member from SC community but the incumbent mayor Shelly Oberoi has continued to hold the post as per the LGs order dated April 25,which stated that in larger public interest it would be in the fitness of things that the mayor and deputy mayor continue to hold their positions till such time that elections can be held in terms of legal provisions..
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