The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 with Rules

Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 with Rules

This 2022 edition of The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (Act 66 of 1957) reproduces the civic-governance statute verbatim, fully incorporating the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Delhi Act 12 of 2011, e.g. 15-1-2012; Not. F. No. 1/752/Dir(MSL)/LC/07-08/75-DS, 29-12-2011) that tri-sectioned—and later reunified—the municipal set-up of the National Capital Territory.

This volume also binds in the latest versions of the key delegated legislation that practitioners and councillors consult daily:

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Property Tax) Bye-laws, 2004 – unit area value slabs, self-assessment return and rebate matrix

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Sealing of Unauthorised Construction) Bye-laws, 2018 – notice format, appellate forum and compounding fee schedule

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Malaria & Other Mosquito-borne Diseases) Bye-laws, 1975 – water-storage guidelines, fines and prosecution triggers

Delhi Municipal Building Bye-laws, 1983 (extracts) – FAR norms, regularisation powers and heritage-structure clauses

Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007 – anti-graffiti enforcement within municipal limits

Concise, practice-oriented short comments accompany pivotal provisions—highlighting 2021 property-tax e-portal, single-window trade-licence, transgender-quota recruitment rules, and the 2020 Solid-Waste Management bye-law linkage—while preserving full Bare-Act integrity for examinations and authoritative citation.

Core statutory coverage

• Corporation structure & powers — Mayor-in-Council, Ward Committees, Standing Committees and Zonal Offices after 2022 reunification.

• Taxation & finance — property tax, professional tax, advertisement fee, parking levy, and municipal bond provisions.

• Building regulation & urban planning — sanction of plans, unauthorised-construction sealing, and compounding/regularisation procedures.

• Public health, sanitation & SWM — vector-control powers, waste-collection contracts, slaughter-house licensing and penalty slabs.

• Civic services & amenities — water-supply coordination, street lighting, community halls and burial-ground management.

• Enforcement & penalties — demolition warrants, recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue, and municipal magistrate courts.

This edition is particularly suited for

• Architects, builders & RWAs seeking plan sanctions, FAR clarifications or compounding calculations.

• Ward councillors, mayors & municipal engineers needing authoritative clause-by-clause reference during standing-committee deliberations.

• Property-tax consultants & chartered engineers filing self-assessment returns and contesting demand notices.

• Public-health officers, NGOs & litigation counsel handling dengue-control prosecutions, solid-waste tenders or unauthorised-advertisement drives.

• AIBE candidates and law students studying local-government, urban-law and municipal-finance modules.

Exact Gazette text · pinpoint explanatory notes · zero superfluous commentary—your quickest route to clarity, authenticity and practical insight on Delhi’s municipal-governance framework.