Delhi Metropolitan Council

The Delhi Metropolitan Council was a council that existed between 1966 and 1990 that administered the Union Territory of Delhi, India. The council had 56 elected and 5 nominated members, and was headed by a Chief Executive Councillor.

History

The States Reorganisation Commission, set up in 1953, led to the Constitutional amendment through States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which came into effect on 1 November 1956. This meant that Delhi was no longer a Part-C State and was made a Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India. Also the Delhi Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers were abolished simultaneously. Subsequently, the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 was enacted which led to the formation the Municipal Corporation.
Then, in September 1966, with "The Delhi Administration Act, 1966", the assembly was replaced by the Delhi Metropolitan Council with 56 elected and five nominated members with the Lt. Governor of Delhi as its head. The Council however had no legislative powers, only an advisory role in the governance of Delhi. This set up functioned until 1990.

Councils

List of Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council

Council	Chairman				Secretary
Interim	Jag Parvesh Chandra	Vacant	Mir Mustaq Ahmed	H.K.L.Bhagat, Radha Raman, Bhiku Ram Jain,	R.K. Baweja
First Council	L. K. Advani	Shyam Charan Gupta	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Ram Lal Verma, Amar Chand Shubh, Shiv Narain Sarsonia	R.K. Baweja
First Council		Janardhan Gupta	Vijay Kumar Malhotra	Ram Lal Verma, Amar Chand Shubh, Shiv Narain Sarsonia	Desh Deepak
Second Council	Mir Mustaq Ahmed	Jag Parvesh Chandra	Radha Raman	Mange Ram, Hira Singh, O.P.Behl	Desh Deepak, Rajni Kant, Sunder Lal Bhargava, T.R. Kalia, M.K.Chawla
Third Council	Kalka Dass Chairman	Begum Khurshid Kidwai Dy. Chairperson	Kidar Nath Sahni C.E.C	Madan Lal Khurana, Rajesh Sharma, Fateh Singh	G.C.Jain N.C.Kochhar
Fourth Council	Purushottam Goyel Chairman	Tajdar Babar Dy. Chairperson	Jag Parvesh Chandra C.E.C	Bansi lal Chauhan E.C., Prem Singh E.C., Kulanand Bhartiya E.C.	Lokeshwar Prasad, B.S.Chaudhary