Tehsil Municipal Administration: Recall of a Tehsil Nazim

  1. If in the opinion of a member of the Tehsil Council, there is a reason to believe that the Tehsil Nazim is acting against the public policy or the interest of the people or is negligent or is responsible for loss of opportunity to improve governance and the delivery of services, he may, seconded by another member of the Council, give a notice to move a motion in the Tehsil Council through Naib Tehsil Nazim for recall of Tehsil Nazim.

  2. On receipt of notice the Naib Tehsil Nazim shall summon a session of the Tehsil Council not earlier than three days but not later than seven days, if the Tehsil Council is not already in session.

  3. If the Tehsil Council is already in session, the motion shall be taken up for deliberations on the next day from its receipt by the Naib Tehsil Nazim;

  4. If the motion is approved by two-third majority of the votes of the total membership of the Council, through a secret ballot to be conducted by the Returning Officer nominated by the Chief Election Commissioner, the Tehsil Nazim shall cease to hold office forthwith and the notification shall be issued in this behalf by the Chief Election Commissioner accordingly

  5. In case the motion fails in the Tehsil Council, the proposer and seconder of such motion shall lose their seats both as members of the Tehsil Council and Naib Union Nazim, if any one of them is also a Naib Union Nazim.

  6. The Tehsil Nazim shall have the right to appear before the Tehsil Council and address it in his defence.

  7. No motion for recall of Tehsil Nazim shall be moved during the first six months of assumption of office of Tehsil Nazim nor shall such motion be repeated before the expiry of one year from the rejection of previous motion


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