Constitution of wards committee

(1) There shall be constituted, by the Government, by notification, such number of wards committees comprising territorial area of such number of wards as may be specified in the notification within the territorial area of the municipality having population of three lakhs or more and each wards committee shall consist of contiguous wards. (2) (a) Each wards committee shall consist of all the councillors elected from the wards which are included in a wards committee, and one of the members elected from among themselves representing such wards committee in such manner as may be prescribed shall be the Chairman of such wards committee. (b) Each wards committee shall have a separate office located within the territorial limits of a wards committee concerned. (c) The staff for each office of the wards committee shall be in accordance with the norms fixed by the Government from time to time. (3) The term of the wards committee and its Chairman and members shall be co-terminus with the term of the council. (4) The Government may, in consultation with the municipality from time to time, by notification, alter the name, increase or diminish the area of any wards committee specified in the notification issued under sub-section (1): Provided that the territorial limits of the wards committee shall not be altered by the Government before the expiry of the term of wards committee and that the wards committee shall consist of contiguous wards.