Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
The State Government may, by notification, divide any municipal area into a number of wards, having regard to population, dwelling pattern, geographical condition and economic considerations of the area included in each ward: Provided that the number of wards in any municipal area shall not be less than nine and shall not exceed, in the case of a municipal area included in Group A, thirty-five, in the case of a municipal area included in Group B, thirty, in the case of a municipal area included in Group C, twenty-five, in the case of a municipal area included in Group D, twenty, and in the case of a municipal area included in Group E, fifteen.