Gurgaon: The MCG will convene its sixth House meeting on May 11. However, uncertainty remains over whether elections for the posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor will be conducted during the same session.“There is currently no clarity on whether the polls will be held in this meeting or not. However, the notification for the meeting came on Tuesday,” said a councillor requesting anonymity.The polls were deferred on April 30 after Mayor Raj Rani Malhotra failed to attend the special House meeting, citing medical reasons. Her absence stalled the election process, as the Mayor’s presence is mandatory for conducting the proceedings, said officials.The elections, pending for more than a year, were scheduled following directions from the Punjab and Haryana High Court after a petition highlighted the prolonged vacancy in the two posts.The civic body is required to elect a senior deputy mayor and a deputy mayor from among elected councillors under Section 36(2) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation ActAccording to Section 71(2) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Rules, 1994, “The commissioner shall, within a period of sixty days of the notification of the names of the members elected to the corporation, convene a meeting of the corporation at 48t hours’ notice to be delivered at the ordinary place of residence of members. The notice shall clearly state that the election of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor shall be held in this meeting to be presided over by the mayor in the presence of the commissioner.”MCG officials, however, said that the agenda of the House meeting is being prepared and will be circulated in a few days.
