Head of divisional Council:
It was the highest tier of basic democracies. It was a new experiment in the field of local government as before the advent of basic democracies, local government institutes in Pakistan and undivided India didn’t go beyond the district level. The jurisdiction of a divisional council coincides with the division.
Constitution:
The divisional council constituted of official and unofficial members. One half was official and the other was consisted of unofficial. The non official members consisted of elected member representing the municipal committees and cantonment boards and (b) elected members representing the district councils.
Head of district Council:
The jurisdiction of the district council coincides with the district. Composition: One-half of the members were officials and the other half were selected from amongst the electors by an electoral college, consisting of the chairmen of union councils, town committees and union committees within the district. Government officials cannot be so elected. The deputy commissioner of the district was the chairmen of the council. The nominated officials members serving on it included, chairmen Tehsil/Thana councils and municipal committees and vice president of municipal committees or cantonment broads and senior-most officers representing such departments in the latter were included generally Executive engineer, District, assistance director of Animal Husbandry, Assistant Registrar of co-operate department, etc Every district council was to elect one of its non-officials elected members as vice-chairman for a period of five years or for his remaining term as member, whichever is less. A vice-chairman could be removed from office by a vote of no confidence by a two third majority of total elected members of the district council. If a no-confidence motion against a vice-chairman fails, no such motion can be made, within next six months from the date of the failure of the motion. The vice-chairman is to incur expenditure on any one item not exceeding Rs. 100.00 and could execute works whose estimated cost did not exceed Rs. 2500.00. He could appoint, grant leave and transfer persons whose salary did not exceed Rs.100.00. He exercises these executive powers subject to the general supervision and control of the chairman of the district council. It has inherited the whole organizational set up of the former district boards with district engineer, district health officer, overseers, sanitary inspectors, etc Functions: The district council was next in importance to the union council. …show more content…
Besides the actual service undertaken at this level, questions of policy concerning development within the district are also decided;
The scope of work of the district council may be divided into two parts: compulsory function and optional or discretionary functions. The compulsory functions include the maintenance of libraries and reading rooms; holding of fairs, and shows, celebrations of public festivals and maintenance of public gardens and playgrounds and promotion of national reconstruction programs; adoption of measures to increase food production and to improve animals breeds; problems of cooperative movement, village industries; provision of sanitation, and prevention, control of diseases and maintenance of bungalows etc. The discretionary or optional functions include provision of secondary and higher secondary education and of the measures for the social, cultural and economic welfare of the people. The district council had also to co-ordinate function in respect of all local councils, municipal committees …show more content…
It was for the district planning authority to put forward suggestion and plans for the development of various activities of the district to the provincial planning department through the divisional council.
The real importance of district council as a pivot of basic Democracies system lies in its coordinative functions and it was in this respect that the institution of district council was a marked improvement on its predecessor _ district broad. The various functions of the district council were almost the same as were those of the district boards, but the coordinative and supervisory powers of district councils are real improvement over the old system.
Finance: it had the power to impose local taxes, these included taxes on immovable properties, tolls on road, bridges etc. then there was a tax on land which was collected at the rate of one acre per rupee of the land revenue. Further, there were professional taxes which were levied upon persons who were engaged in business other than agricultural. These taxes were collected through the same agency that collects the land
It was the highest tier of basic democracies. It was a new experiment in the field of local government as before the advent of basic democracies, local government institutes in Pakistan and undivided India didn’t go beyond the district level. The jurisdiction of a divisional council coincides with the division.
Constitution:
The divisional council constituted of official and unofficial members. One half was official and the other was consisted of unofficial. The non official members consisted of elected member representing the municipal committees and cantonment boards and (b) elected members representing the district councils.
Head of district Council:
The jurisdiction of the district council coincides with the district. Composition: One-half of the members were officials and the other half were selected from amongst the electors by an electoral college, consisting of the chairmen of union councils, town committees and union committees within the district. Government officials cannot be so elected. The deputy commissioner of the district was the chairmen of the council. The nominated officials members serving on it included, chairmen Tehsil/Thana councils and municipal committees and vice president of municipal committees or cantonment broads and senior-most officers representing such departments in the latter were included generally Executive engineer, District, assistance director of Animal Husbandry, Assistant Registrar of co-operate department, etc Every district council was to elect one of its non-officials elected members as vice-chairman for a period of five years or for his remaining term as member, whichever is less. A vice-chairman could be removed from office by a vote of no confidence by a two third majority of total elected members of the district council. If a no-confidence motion against a vice-chairman fails, no such motion can be made, within next six months from the date of the failure of the motion. The vice-chairman is to incur expenditure on any one item not exceeding Rs. 100.00 and could execute works whose estimated cost did not exceed Rs. 2500.00. He could appoint, grant leave and transfer persons whose salary did not exceed Rs.100.00. He exercises these executive powers subject to the general supervision and control of the chairman of the district council. It has inherited the whole organizational set up of the former district boards with district engineer, district health officer, overseers, sanitary inspectors, etc Functions: The district council was next in importance to the union council. …show more content…
Besides the actual service undertaken at this level, questions of policy concerning development within the district are also decided;
The scope of work of the district council may be divided into two parts: compulsory function and optional or discretionary functions. The compulsory functions include the maintenance of libraries and reading rooms; holding of fairs, and shows, celebrations of public festivals and maintenance of public gardens and playgrounds and promotion of national reconstruction programs; adoption of measures to increase food production and to improve animals breeds; problems of cooperative movement, village industries; provision of sanitation, and prevention, control of diseases and maintenance of bungalows etc. The discretionary or optional functions include provision of secondary and higher secondary education and of the measures for the social, cultural and economic welfare of the people. The district council had also to co-ordinate function in respect of all local councils, municipal committees …show more content…
It was for the district planning authority to put forward suggestion and plans for the development of various activities of the district to the provincial planning department through the divisional council.
The real importance of district council as a pivot of basic Democracies system lies in its coordinative functions and it was in this respect that the institution of district council was a marked improvement on its predecessor _ district broad. The various functions of the district council were almost the same as were those of the district boards, but the coordinative and supervisory powers of district councils are real improvement over the old system.
Finance: it had the power to impose local taxes, these included taxes on immovable properties, tolls on road, bridges etc. then there was a tax on land which was collected at the rate of one acre per rupee of the land revenue. Further, there were professional taxes which were levied upon persons who were engaged in business other than agricultural. These taxes were collected through the same agency that collects the land