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The city is
administered by the
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
(formerly the Bombay Municipal Corporation), with
executive power vested in the
Municipal Commissioner,
who is an
IAS officer
appointed by the
state government.
The Corporation comprises 227 directly elected Councillors
representing the twenty four
municipal wards,
five nominated Councillors, and a titular
Mayor. The BMC is in charge of
the civic and infrastructure needs of the metropolis. An
Assistant Municipal Commissioner oversees each ward for
administrative purposes. Almost all the state political
parties field candidates in the elections for Councillors.
The
Mumbai Metropolitan Region
consists of 7 Municipal Corporations and 13 Municipal
Councils. In addition to the
BMC, it includes
the Municipal Corporations of
Thane,
Kalyan - Dombivali,
Navi Mumbai,
Mira-Bhayandar,
Bhiwandi - Nizampur
and
Ulhasnagar.
The Greater Mumbai
forms two
districts of
Maharashtra, with each district under the jurisdiction of
a
District Collector.
The Collectors are in charge of property records and
revenue collection for the
Central Government,
and oversee the
national elections
held in the city.
The
Mumbai Police is headed by a
Police Commissioner,
who is an
IPS officer. The
Mumbai Police comes under the state Home Ministry. The
city is divided into seven police zones and seventeen
traffic police zones, each headed by a Deputy Commissioner
of Police. The Traffic Police is a semi-autonomous body
under the Mumbai Police. The
Mumbai Fire Brigade
department is headed by the Chief Fire Officer, who is
assisted by four Deputy Chief Fire Officers and 6
Divisional Officers.
Mumbai is the seat of
the
Bombay High Court,
which exercises jurisdiction over the states of
Maharashtra and
Goa,
and the
Union Territories
of
Daman and Diu and
Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
Mumbai also has two lower courts, the
Small Causes Court
for civil matters, and the
Sessions Court for criminal
cases. Mumbai also has a special TADA (Terrorist and
Disruptive Activities) court for people accused of
conspiring and abetting acts of terrorism in the city.
The city elects six
members to the
Lok Sabha and
thirty-four members to the
Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha
(State assembly). Mumbai is headed by mayor
Shubha
Raul,
Municipal Commissioner
Jairaj Phatak,
and
Sheriff
Indu
Shahani.
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