Batala Municipal Corporation

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Batala Municipal Corporation
Type Municipal Corporation



Minister in charge Ravjot Singh
Mayor Vacant
Senior deputy mayor Vacant
Deputy mayor Vacant


Structure Batala Municipal Corporation 2026.svg








Website mcbatala.co.in

The Batala Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Batala, Punjab. It has 50 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 1 ex-officio member which is MLA for Batala.[1] In 2019 Government of Punjab decided to upgrade it into Municipal Corporation, earlier it was a municipal council.[2]

Mayor

The Mayor of Batala is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Batala. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.[3] The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation.[4] In 2019 after upgradation into corporation, municipal commissioner Balwinder Singh was given additional charge of Mayor of Batala. After 1st election Sukhdeep Singh Teja elected the first Mayor. On the completion of tenure of 1st Corporation on 18 April 2026, Municipal Commissioner Gursimran Singh Dhillon given the duties of mayor till the new house get elected which was delayed because of Courts Involvement.[5]

S. No. Name
Template:Small 		Took office Left office Tenure Party Corporation Election Ref.
- Balwinder Singh
Template:Small 		18 November 2019 19 April 2021 Template:Age in years and days - [6]
1 Sukhdeep Singh Teja
Template:Small 		19 April 2021 18 April 2026 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress 1st 2021 [7][8]
- Gursimran Singh Dhillon Template:Small 18 April 2026 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days - [9]

Deputy mayors

Senior Deputy Mayor

S. No. Name
Template:Small 		Took office Left office Tenure Party Corporation
1 Sunil Kumar Sareen
Template:Small 		19 April 2021 18 April 2026 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress 1st

Deputy Mayor

S. No. Name
Template:Small 		Took office Left office Tenure Party Corporation
1 Chandra Kanta
Template:Small 		19 April 2021 18 April 2026 Template:Age in years and days Indian National Congress 1st

Municipal Commissioner

Every municipal corporation in India is administratively headed by a municipal commissioner. While a Mayor is elected to serve as the ceremonial head of a municipal corporation, a municipal commissioner is appointed by the state government from the Indian Administrative Service or Provincial Civil Service (PCS) to head the administrative staff of the municipal corporation, implement the decisions of the corporation, and prepare its annual budget.

Keys

S. No. Name Took office Left office Tenure Ref.
1 Balwinder Singh
(PCS) 		18 November 2019 8 September 2021Template:Ref label Template:Age in years and days
2 Jagwinderjit Singh
(PCS) 		8 September 2021 24 May 2022Template:Ref label Template:Age in years and days [10]
3 Shayari Malhotra
(PCS) 		24 May 2022 24 September 2024Template:Ref label Template:Age in years and days [11]
4 Vikramjit Singh Panthey
(PCS) 		24 September 2024 22 November 2025 Template:Ref label Template:Age in years and days [12][13]
5 Gursimran Singh Dhillon
(PCS) 		28 November 2025 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days [14]

Councilors

Following is the list of Incumbent Councilors Color Key for the Party of the Councilor

Ward number Councilor[15] Party
1 Chanchaljit Kaur Template:Party name with color
2 Joginder Singh Template:Party name with color
3 Karanpal Kaur Template:Party name with color
4 Suchha Singh Template:Party name with color
5 Kulwinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
6 Heera Lal Template:Party name with color
7 Pooja Template:Party name with color
8 Kastoori Lal Template:Party name with color
9 Reenu Template:Party name with color
10 Puran Singh Template:Party name with color
11 Kanwalpreet Kaur Template:Party name with color
12 Sanjiv Kumar Template:Party name with color
13 Manjit Kaur Template:Party name with color
14 Gurpreet Singh Template:Party name with color
15 Pooja Sharma Template:Party name with color
16 Bikramjit Singh Template:Party name with color
17 Manjit Kaur Template:Party name with color
18 Jagir Singh Khokhar Template:Party name with color
19 Gurdish Kaur Template:Party name with color
20 Harsimran Singh Heera Template:Party name with color
21 Harinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
22 Narinder Pal Singh Template:Party name with color
23 Sonia Template:Party name with color
24 Satnam Singh Template:Party name with color
25 Rawinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
26 Harnek Singh Template:Party name with color
27 Sudha Mahajan Template:Party name with color
28 Rakesh Bhatti Template:Party name with color
29 Annu Agarwal Template:Party name with color
30 Sukhdeep Singh Teja
Template:Small 		Template:Party name with color
31 Kamani Seth Template:Party name with color
32 Anil Kumar Sekhri Template:Party name with color
33 Monika Sekhri Template:Party name with color
34 Navin Nayyar Sekhri Template:Party name with color
35 Sashi Chanda Template:Party name with color
36 Sukhdev Singh Bajwa Template:Party name with color
37 Gurpreet Kaur Template:Party name with color
38 Harinder Singh Template:Party name with color
39 Reena Template:Party name with color
40 Chandar Mohan Template:Party name with color
41 Madhu Mahajan Template:Party name with color
42 Sunil Kumar Sareen
Template:Small 		Template:Party name with color
43 Suman Handa Template:Party name with color
44 Prabhjot Singh Chatha Template:Party name with color
45 Chandra Kanta
Template:Small 		Template:Party name with color
46 Ravinder Tuli Template:Party name with color
47 Neelam Kumari Template:Party name with color
48 Sardool Singh Template:Party name with color
49 Rajwinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
50 Manjit Kaur Template:Party name with color

Ex-officio member

According to Section 5 (1) (ii) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976 ex-officio members comprising the members of Punjab legislative assembly representing the constituencies in which the city or any part there of falls.[16]

Thus the person who represents the Batala Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly is the ex-officio member of corporation.

Ex-officio member has voting right on par with elected members during the election of Mayor or Deputy mayors in corporation. His vote becomes crucial when a single party lacks required numbers of votes to secure mayor's post or when parties get equal numbers of elected ward members.

Color key for the party of ex-officio member

List of ex-officio members

S. No. Name Party Tenure Elected to assembly Corporation
1 Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal bgcolor=Template:Party color | Shiromani Akali Dal 19 April 2021 11 March 2022 Template:Age in years and days 2017 1st
2 Amansher Singh Kalsi bgcolor=Template:Party color| Aam Aadmi Party 17 March 2022 18 April 2026 Template:Ayd 2022

1st election 2021

2021 Batala Municipal Corporation election

After the up gradation to Corporation the first election for all 50 wards were held on 14 February 2021 and result was declared on 17 February. Total 279 candidates stood for elections. The election programme was as follow:[17]-

S. No. Programme Dates Day
1 Last Date for filing nominations 3 February 2021 Wednesday
2 Date for the scrutiny of nominations 4 February 2021 Thursday
3 Last date to withdraw nominations 5 February 2021 Friday
4 Date of Voting 14 February 2021 Sunday
5 Date of Counting 17 February 2021 Wednesday
6 Date by which election shall be completed 20 February 2021 Saturday

Result

Party Wards won Contested
Template:Full party name with color 36 50
Template:Full party name with color 06 47
Template:Full party name with color 04 34
Template:Full party name with color 03 49
Template:Full party name with color 01 92
Template:Full party name with color 00 7
Total 50[18] 279
Vote turnout 74,961 65%
Registered voters 1,15,325

Elected councilors

Color Key for the Party of the Councilor

Ward number Councilor[15] Party
1 Chanchaljit Kaur Template:Party name with color
2 Joginder Singh Template:Party name with color
3 Karanpal Kaur Template:Party name with color
4 Suchha Singh Template:Party name with color
5 Kulwinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
6 Heera Lal Template:Party name with color
7 Pooja Template:Party name with color
8 Kastoori Lal Template:Party name with color
9 Reenu Template:Party name with color
10 Puran Singh Template:Party name with color
11 Kanwalpreet Kaur Template:Party name with color
12 Sanjiv Kumar Template:Party name with color
13 Manjit Kaur Template:Party name with color
14 Gurpreet Singh Template:Party name with color
15 Pooja Sharma Template:Party name with color
Template:Party name with colorTemplate:Efn
16 Bikramjit Singh Template:Party name with color
17 Manjit Kaur Template:Party name with color
18 Jagir Singh Khokhar Template:Party name with color
19 Gurdish Kaur Template:Party name with color
20 Harsimran Singh Heera Template:Party name with color
21 Harinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
22 Narinder Pal Singh Template:Party name with color
23 Sonia Template:Party name with color
24 Balwant SinghTemplate:Efn Template:Party name with color
Satnam SinghTemplate:Efn Template:Party name with color
25 Rawinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
26 Harnek Singh Template:Party name with color
27 Sudha Mahajan Template:Party name with color
Template:Party name with colorTemplate:Efn
28 Rakesh Bhatti Template:Party name with color
29 Annu Agarwal Template:Party name with color
30 Sukhdeep Singh Teja
Template:Small 		Template:Party name with color
31 Kamani Seth Template:Party name with color
32 Anil Kumar Sekhri Template:Party name with color
33 Monika Sekhri Template:Party name with color
34 Navin Nayyar Sekhri Template:Party name with color
35 Sashi Chanda Template:Party name with color
36 Sukhdev Singh Bajwa Template:Party name with color
37 Gurpreet Kaur Template:Party name with color
38 Harinder Singh Template:Party name with color
39 Reena Template:Party name with color
40 Chandar Mohan Template:Party name with color
41 Madhu Mahajan Template:Party name with color
42 Sunil Kumar Sareen
Template:Small 		Template:Party name with color
43 Suman Handa Template:Party name with color
Template:Party name with colorTemplate:Efn
44 Prabhjot Singh Chatha Template:Party name with color
45 Chandra Kanta
Template:Small 		Template:Party name with color
46 Ravinder Tuli Template:Party name with color
47 Neelam Kumari Template:Party name with color
48 Sardool Singh Template:Party name with color
49 Rajwinder Kaur Template:Party name with color
50 Manjit Kaur Template:Party name with color

2nd election 2026

2026 Batala Municipal Corporation election

S. No. Programme Dates
1 Last Date for filing nominations TBD
2 Date for the scrutiny of nominations TBD
3 Last date to withdraw nominations TBD
4 Date of Voting TBD
5 Date of Counting TBD
6 Date by which election shall be completed TBD

See also

Notes

Template:Notelist

References

  1. ↑ Punjab gets 3 more municipal corporations, Service, Tribune News. Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2021-03-31.
  2. ↑ 3 more Municipal corporations notified in Punjab. www.royalpatiala.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Mayor - Powers and Functions (Pdf). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. ↑ Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come. Hindustan Times(2016-07-20). Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  5. ↑ HC stalls Punjab notification for polls to 9 MCs and over 100 local bodies
  6. ↑ Batala gets first mayor handed over command to SDM. 18 November 2019. www.jagran.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ↑ Batala got first mayor after election, 19 April 2021. Jagran (hindi). Retrieved 24 April 2021
  8. ↑ Punjab decides to dissolve 9 Municipal Corporations and 102 Municipal Councils
  9. ↑ [1]
  10. ↑ Jagwinderjit Singh Grewal took over commissioner of Batala Municipal Corporation.
  11. ↑ Punjab govt transfers 7 ias and 34 pcs officers
  12. ↑ ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR OF PUNJAB.
  13. ↑ Punjab VB arrested Batala SDM for taking bribes of Rs. 50000
  14. ↑ Order of the Governor of Punjab.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 epaper.ajitjalandhar.com. Page. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  16. ↑ Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976. www.bareactslive.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  17. ↑ Election Schedule (pdf). www.pbsec.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  18. ↑ Punjab Local body election 2021. www.news18.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021
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