Business Bureau ;
Dipen Agrawal, President of Chamber of Associations of Maharashtra Industry & Trade (CAMIT) condemned the recent order of Nagpur Municipal Commissioner directing all business and professional establishments to obtain licence from Nagpur Municipal Corporation which according to him contravenes the provisions of Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, 1949 (MMC Act).
Agrawal said it will increase ‘Inspector Raj’, open floodgates for corruption and hamper the ease of doing business initiated by Union and State Governments. “The powers of Municipal Commissioner are not absolute, they are subjected to approval & sanctions from Corporation (House) and Standing Committee as prescribed in the Act.
It appears that Commissioner has circumvented provisions of MMC Act regarding sanction from Corporation to fix fee and has assumed the power on himself to revise the same time to time,” he added. CAMIT recently took up the matter with Dr Nitin Raut, Maharashtra Energy Minister and appealed the State Government to intervene and recall Municipal Commissioner’s order by invoking powers conferred on State under Section 464 of MMC Act in the interest of justice and give solace to business community of Nagpur already working under stress and fear.