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(1) Tbe Comn~issioner shall, in cansultation with the Chairperson and budget. wards Committees wherever suoh wards aornmittees exist having regard all the requirements o! this Act and in accordance with the guidelines issued by the C$overnment, prepale in such form as may be prescribed on or before the 1st - - - day of Januazy of each yuar a budget estimate ot tba inaame and expenditure of the municipality for the next flosncial yaar and plaoe the same before the cou-ii with the approval of the Standing Committee wherever such Standing Committee exists, on or before the 20th day of January of each year. (2). While prepari'zg the budget estimate under sub-section (I), the Commissioner may append thereto a report indicating whether the following services are being provided in a subsidised ma ?ua and if so, the extent of the subsidy, the sourae from whiah the Subsidy wa s met, and the sections or categories of the local popi.lation who ware the beneficiaries of suc11 subsidy, namely:- (a) water supply and disposal of sewerage ; (b) scavenging, transporting and disposo 1 of wastes; a nd (c) street lighting: Provided that i n any mun itipality where there are standi >.g committee, the Cornmissloner sha 11 place the budget estimate before 1 he standing oommittee concerned for scrutiny clf the budget estimate and to offer its remark$. (3) The counail llhall in a special mseting to beconvened for this purpose aoaeida~ the proposals contained in the budget astimate and apprQve the same with or w i t b ~ ~ modiflcations as maY bo considered necessary on or before the end of February af each year. (4) A copy of the budget estimate as approved bv the council shall be forwarded to the Director. (5) (a) If the ~omrnissioner is of the opinion that the budget estimate as approved by the council contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rule, notifica- tion, by-laws, regulations made or issved under this Act or any order passed by the Government, he shall refer the budget estimate to the Director. (b) The Director shall direct the council to rectify the defects in the budget estimate of the municipality. (c) Where the couilcil fails to rectify the defects as pointed out by the Direc, tor, the Commissioner shall give Hect to the budget estimate as suggested by the Director. (6) ~ 4 e Conlrnissianer shal! m q e ;?l.ranzements to publish in one pro- mipe it local T m i l newapspe:. the lm ortant features of the budget and the S details of the work* programmes in acitoi anae with the rules as may be t.rresariW, not later than 3 1st day of July af that financial year. b TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDDiARY 71 P - 7 ' ' ' 71. The cduncil may p s s a supplemental budg~t estimate forthe purposesof Preparation of meet~ng any special or unfcrewen expendit1 re arising dl ringtbat fin8ncial -year. *-supplemental and final mcdification and appr~priation in accordance with the rules prescribed. budget and final modis /'i oation,audl . . appropriation.