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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Virajpet Town Panchayat
| native_name = ವಿರಾಜಪೇಟೆ ಪಟ್ಟಣ ಪಂಚಾಯತ್
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| house_type = Town Municipal Council
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| jurisdiction = Virajpet
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1870}}
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| preceded_by = Virajpet Mandal Panchayat
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| leader1_type = President
| leader1 = Sushmitha T. R.
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| leader2_type = Vice-President
| leader2 = Vinank Kuttappa
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| seats = 18
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| meeting_place = Virajpete Town Panchayat Office
| website = {{URL|virajpettown.mrc.gov.in}}
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The '''Virajpet Town Panchayat''' is a [[town panchayat]] that is in charge of the civic and infrastructural assets of [[Virajpet]], a town in the [[Administrative divisions of India|district]] of [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]] in the Indian [[States and union territories of India|State]] of [[Karnataka]]. It administers an area of {{convert|8.26|km2|sqmi|2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Virajpet Town Panchayat About Us|url=http://www.virajpettown.mrc.gov.in/node/46|publisher=virajpettown.mrc.gov.in|accessdate=23 February 2017}}</ref> The legislative body consists of 18 representatives called [[councillor]]s, one from each of the 18 [[Ward (electoral subdivision)|wards]] of the town.<ref>{{cite web|title=Delimitation of Wards|url=http://www.virajpettown.mrc.gov.in/sites/virajpettown.mrc.gov.in/files/delimitation_of_wards_-21-02-2017.pdf|publisher=virajpettown.mrc.gov.in|accessdate=23 February 2017|date=21 February 2017}}</ref> It is headed by a president.<ref>{{cite web|title=Council Members|url=http://www.virajpettown.mrc.gov.in/sites/virajpettown.mrc.gov.in/files/PDF/rti_41a41b.pdf|work=Virajpet Town Panchayat|page=156|type=pdf|accessdate=23 February 2017}}</ref>

==History==
A 'Municipal Committee' was first constituted for the town of Virajpet, then known as Virarajendrapet, in 1870, following the [[Governor-General of India|Viceroy]] [[Lord Mayo]]'s Resolution that envisaged decentralization of power to bring about administrative efficiency in meeting the demands of people and to add to the finances of [[British Raj|colonial regime]].<ref name="gazette">{{cite web|title=Local Self-Government|url=http://www.karnataka.gov.in/Gazetteer/Publications/District%20Gazetteers/Kodagu%20District%20(English)/1993/Kodagu%20Dist%20Gazetteer%201993%20Chp%2012.pdf|publisher=karnataka.gov.in/|type=pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223162159/http://www.karnataka.gov.in/Gazetteer/Publications/District%20Gazetteers/Kodagu%20District%20(English)/1993/Kodagu%20Dist%20Gazetteer%201993%20Chp%2012.pdf|archivedate=23 February 2017|accessdate=23 February 2017}}</ref> It was to have nine members, all nominated by the government, three of whom were ex-officio members from the government and the remaining were influential residents representing different classes and religious groups.<ref name="gazette"/><ref>{{cite book|last=Rice|first=Lewis|authorlink=Lewis Rice|chapter=History of Coorg|title=Mysore and Coorg, A Gazetteer compiled for the Government, Volume 3, Coorg|publisher=Bangalore: Mysore Government Press|year=1878|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZwIAAAAQAAJ}}</ref> The ex-officio members were the town's [[assistant superintendent]], assistant engineer and the local [[subedar]]. The powers to nominate the members were given to the [[List of Chief Commissioners of Coorg|Chief Commissioner of Coorg]] in 1916. The enactment of Coorg Municipal Regulation (II of 1907) gave authority to the municipal committees of Coorg to frame regulations, and increases their finances and carry out administration efficiently. In 1925, provisions were made to elect a president to the committee from among the non-official members.<ref name="gazette"/>

In an independent India, Virajpet was a part of the erstwhile [[Coorg State]]. In 1956, it became a part of [[Mysore State]] after the enactment of the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956|States Reorganisation Act]]. It was given the status of a municipality in accordance to the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.<ref>{{cite web|title=THE KARNATAKA MUNICIPALITIES ACT, 1964|url=http://dpal.kar.nic.in/22%20of%201964%20(E).pdf|work=Department of Parliamentary Affairs & Legislation, Government of Karnataka|publisher=dpal.kar.nic.in|accessdate=23 February 2017}}</ref> In accordance to the provisions of the Act, the first elections were held in 1967 to elect 18 [[councillors]], one each from 18 wards. [[Universal suffrage]] had been introduced in India for the [[Indian general election, 1951–52|general election of 1951–52]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1952: India passes first test of democracy|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/10/newsid_3485000/3485587.stm|work=British Broadcasting Corporation|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> In 1986, in accordance to the Karnataka Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat Samithis, Mandal Panchayats and Nyaya Panchayats Act, 1985, Virajpet was constituted as a panchayat at the inter-mediate level, the [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|mandal panchayat]]. Election to the council of the newly constituted panchayat was held for the first time in April 1990.<ref name="gazette"/>

==Finances==
[[Octroi]] and grants from the [[Government of Karnataka|State government]] were the main sources of finance for the municipality, apart from revenue from the town's taxpayers. In 1979, octroi on marketable commodities was abolished which resulted in considerable reduction in revenues for the municipality. In the same year, the government introduced a provision wherein octroi grant was released to the municipalities of the State. Income for the municipality rose from {{INR}}2,908 in 1873–74 to {{INR}}151,069 in 1960–61. Expenditures for the same were {{INR}}1,689 and {{INR}}166,295. They stood at over {{INR}}30 [[lakh]] in 1992–93.<ref name="gazette"/> For 2019–20, the income stood at {{INR}}5.89 [[crore]] and expenditure at {{INR}}4.3 crore, with a surplus of approximately {{INR}}1.59 crore.<ref>{{cite web |title=INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT |url=http://www.virajpettown.mrc.gov.in/sites/virajpettown.mrc.gov.in/files/users/user4/home/city-finance-statistics/city-financials/income-expenditure/2019-2020.pdf |access-date=23 March 2024}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Local self-government in India]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.virajpettown.mrc.gov.in Virajpet Town Panchayat Website]

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