Sojitra Municipality superseded; Charge handed over to Chief Officer

Anand: Sojitra municipality in Anand district has been superseded by the State government as ruling office bearers didn’t reply a show cause notice in prescribed deadline which was November 16. With this the charge of municipality has been handed over to Chief Officer. Urban development department’s deputy secretary Manish shah had on 4 November asked to convene a general board meeting on 16 November and pass a resolution to send reply to a show cause notice.

It’s worth noting that BJP rebels had joined hands with Congress members and took over the power in Sojitra municipality on 14 September this year. However before the formation of various committees, the BJP rebels and Congress members entered into a dispute over appointments on various “rewarding” posts.

The State government’s urban development department in its notice pointed out several issued such as illegal formation of committees, expenditure of government fund for private space, failure to convene mandatory meetings in January, April and October 2022 and January, April, July and October 2023, no decision on tendering process, administrative and financial irregularities among others. Last year Borsad municipality in same district was also declared supersede. DeshGujarat