THE KERALA MUNICIPALITY ACT, 1994* - nrcddp

(v) may, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, write off such sums due to the Councilas appears to the Committee as irrecoverable;(vi) shall scrutinise the annual statement of accounts, demands collection and balance:(vii) shall prepare and present the budget estimates before the council as provided underSection 286;(viii) shall verify whether any amount prepared to be expended by the Town Panchayat is withinthe budget provision approved by the Council and whether there is sufficient fund for this purpose;(ix) shall enquire in to the allegations against the employees of the Town Panchayat, ifdirected by the Council and to bring the result of it into the notice of the Council;(x) shall dispose of appeals on taxation and to give directions to the Secretary to levy tax inrespect of cases which escaped assessment and to reassess undervalued cases.(b) The Standing Committee for Development of the Town Panchayat shall deal with mattersof agriculture, soil conservation, social forestry, " dairy development, animal husbandry, minorirrigation, fisheries, small scale industry, institutional finance, public works, housing, town planningincluding regulation of building constructions, environment electricity, water supply, drainage andsewage and shall prepare the development plan for the Town Panchayat integrating socio-economicand spatial plans;(c) The Standing Committee for Welfare of the Town Panchayat shall deal with mattersrelating to the Welfare of Women and Children, development of scheduled caste and scheduledtribes, social welfare, social security pensions and financial assistance, slum improvement poverty alleviation,public distribution system, public health and health services sanitation, education, arts and culture and sports;(d) The Standing Committee for Finance of Municipal Council,—(i) shall supervise the utilization of the budget grants and watch carefully the timelyassessment and collection of taxes, fees, rents and other sums due to the Municipal Council;(ii) shall inspect frequently the accounts of the Municipal Council;(iii) shall watch carefully the release of grants by the Government and its proper utilization(iv) shall conduct monthly audit of accounts and check the monthly demand, collection andbalance and abstract of receipts and expenditure of the preceding month as furnished by the Secretary;(v) may, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, write off such sums due to the Councilas appear to the Committee as irrecoverable;(vi) shall scrutinize the annual accounts, demands, collection and balance;(vii) shall prepare and present the budget estimate before the council under Section 286;(viii) shall verify whether any amount proposed to be expended by the Municipal Council iswithin the budget provision approved by the Council and whether there is sufficient fund for this purpose;(ix) shall enquire into the allegations against the employees of the Municipal Council ifdirected by the Council and to bring the result of it to the notice of the Council;(x) shall dispose of appeals on taxation and to give directions to the Secretary to levy tax inrespect of cases which escaped assessment and to reassess undervalued cases(e) The Standing Committee for Development of the Municipal Council shall deal withmatters of agriculture, soil conservation, social forestry, animal husbandry, dairy development,minor irrigation, fisheries, small scale industry, co-operation and institutional finance and shall preparethe development plans for the Municipal Council integrating the proposals of other StandingCommittees;