Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 with Rules

This 2022 edition of The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (Act 66 of 1957) reproduces the civic-governance statute verbatim, fully incorporating the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Delhi Act 12 of 2011, e.g. 15-1-2012; Not. F. No. 1/752/Dir(MSL)/LC/07-08/75-DS, 29-12-2011) that tri-sectioned—and later reunified—the municipal set-up of the National Capital Territory.

This volume also binds in the latest versions of the key delegated legislation that practitioners and councillors consult daily:

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Property Tax) Bye-laws, 2004 – unit area value slabs, self-assessment return and rebate matrix

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Sealing of Unauthorised Construction) Bye-laws, 2018 – notice format, appellate forum and compounding fee schedule

Delhi Municipal Corporation (Malaria & Other Mosquito-borne Diseases) Bye-laws, 1975 – water-storage guidelines, fines and prosecution triggers

Delhi Municipal Building Bye-laws, 1983 (extracts) – FAR norms, regularisation powers and heritage-structure clauses

Delhi Prevention of Defacement of Property Act, 2007 – anti-graffiti enforcement within municipal limits

Concise, practice-oriented short comments accompany pivotal provisions—highlighting 2021 property-tax e-portal, single-window trade-licence, transgender-quota recruitment rules, and the 2020 Solid-Waste Management bye-law linkage—while preserving full Bare-Act integrity for examinations and authoritative citation.

Core statutory coverage

• Corporation structure & powers — Mayor-in-Council, Ward Committees, Standing Committees and Zonal Offices after 2022 reunification.

• Taxation & finance — property tax, professional tax, advertisement fee, parking levy, and municipal bond provisions.

• Building regulation & urban planning — sanction of plans, unauthorised-construction sealing, and compounding/regularisation procedures.

• Public health, sanitation & SWM — vector-control powers, waste-collection contracts, slaughter-house licensing and penalty slabs.

• Civic services & amenities — water-supply coordination, street lighting, community halls and burial-ground management.

• Enforcement & penalties — demolition warrants, recovery of dues as arrears of land revenue, and municipal magistrate courts.

This edition is particularly suited for

• Architects, builders & RWAs seeking plan sanctions, FAR clarifications or compounding calculations.

• Ward councillors, mayors & municipal engineers needing authoritative clause-by-clause reference during standing-committee deliberations.

• Property-tax consultants & chartered engineers filing self-assessment returns and contesting demand notices.

• Public-health officers, NGOs & litigation counsel handling dengue-control prosecutions, solid-waste tenders or unauthorised-advertisement drives.

• AIBE candidates and law students studying local-government, urban-law and municipal-finance modules.

Exact Gazette text · pinpoint explanatory notes · zero superfluous commentary—your quickest route to clarity, authenticity and practical insight on Delhi’s municipal-governance framework.