Written by Dr. M.K. Rehan
The Supreme Court (Supreme Court of Pakistan) has declared null and void the Local Government Act 2019 and directed the local bodies to complete their term. A detailed 18-page decision on the restoration of local bodies was taken by the Chief Justice of Punjab. Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed wrote. The court decision clarified that the Punjab Local Act will be held in 2015-2016 under the 2013 Election Act. The first meeting of the successful candidates was held in January 2017. In this regard, the term of local bodies. It was supposed to end in January 2022. However, under the 2019 Act, these institutions were dissolved. The written decision said that the people could not be kept away from their elected representatives, nor could local bodies be dissolved only at the request of the provincial government. can. According to the written decision, a law can be made under Article 140 but the institutions cannot be abolished. It was also declared that Section 3 of the Punjab Local Government is a violation of Article 140A of the Constitution and unconstitutional. With the dissolution of the local government system, all the metropolitan corporations and union councils were abolished and administrators were appointed. However, we have a legal status of government whether it is federal, provincial or local government. Any infrastructure can be improved or changed by changing the powers. But in no way is it possible to “disenfranchise” (especially denial or denial) of human rights. Can It may be recalled that the Supreme Court had given a brief decision on March 25, 2021 for the restoration of local bodies and now a detailed decision has been issued.
* The clear concept of local government in the South Asian subcontinent was given by Lord Raine in 1880. 1884. The Municipal Act was enacted in Punjab in 1884. While the Municipal Corporation was established in Lahore in 1941. It did not exist in the rest of the provinces. On October 7, 1958, Sikandar Mirza imposed martial law. On October 27, General Ayub Khan, the Chief of Army Staff, separated Sikandar Mirza. The Field Martial Law Administrator suspended the 1956 constitution after martial law was enacted, while banning political activities. The Order of Basic Democracies was enacted in 1959 and the Municipal Administration in 1960. Under this law, 80,000 BD members were elected across the country. In 1961, local bodies were formed at four levels under local government laws. Union councils were formed in villages, union committees in cities and town committees in towns. Tehsil or police station in the second level Councils, municipal committees in cities and municipal boards in cantonments were formed. District councils at district level at the third level, divisional councils at the fourth level divisional level were formed. Not only did they not acknowledge the true spirit of these institutions, but they failed to popularize their important deities. While dictators tried to make local bodies a “political force”, they also taught public service to the political rulers that the provision of basic facilities and planning is the job of local bodies. But political forces are afraid of the flourishing of local bodies. Stay On the contrary, every ruler straightened his owl by brandishing the sword of suspension on these institutions. In the Ayub era, an attempt was made to create new alternative leadership by implementing the system of “basic democracies”. A brief description of which is given by President Ayub Khan in his book “The Sustenance That Comes From Flying in Flight”. The first was held at the end of 1959. The results were announced on February 11, 1960. At that time there were 7577 Union Councils, 261 Town Committees and 449 Union Committees. The total number was 8287. Later the number became 8863. The total adult population was 48151509. The age of the voters was 21 years. The head of each union council, union and town committee was called chairman. The staff of the union council consisted of a secretary and janitor. Rural in each union council, union and town committee. The police system was introduced. Its job was to guard and monitor, report commotion and burglary, accused, infectious diseases to the police station and related agencies. The Union Council had two types of powers, which included the imposition of judicial and excise duties. The law was to form an arbitration council under the 1961 law. The chairman used to issue permission to the wife to marry with the permission of the wife. 29 types of taxes were levied in the union council. However, taxes were levied on roads, building construction, immovable property, all types of vehicles, slaughterhouses, fairs of all kinds, exhibitions, drains and waterworks.
