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ÒemleeJevee 12 Foreword 14

$eÝCeefveosMe 16 Acknowledgements 17

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Assessing the performance of Municipal Councillors objectively 19

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Ranking Score Sheet 20

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(1) The Matrix – Scale of Ranking 148
(2) De@HeÀer[sJnerì Üejs peenerj kesÀuesueer ceeieerue (YetlekeÀeueerve) ceeefnleer 137 (2) Parameters for Past Records as per Affidavit 151

(3) ceneveiejHeeefuekeÀe DeeefCe meefceleer yewþkeÀeleerue keÀeceieerjer mebyebOeer cetu³eceeHeve IeìkeÀ 138 (3) Parameters for Present Performance in the Corporation and
Committee Meetings 153
(4) pevecele ®ee®eCeervegmeej ueeskeÀeb®eer celes/¢<ìerkeÀesve 142 (4) Parameters for People’s Perception as per Opinion Poll 156

(5) vekeÀejelcekeÀ iegCeebkeÀvee®es IeìkeÀ 146 (5) Parameters for Negative Marking 160


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Advisors Market Research Agency
Hansa Research
Anuj Bhagwati
Entrepreneur Ashok Das
Managing Director, Hansa Research
Dr. C. R. Sridhar
Market Research Professional Bhavesh Mansinghani
Iris Madeira Research Director, Hansa Research
Education Consultant, Board of Advisor’s Centre for Civil Society And the rest of the Hansa team including – Ganesh Naik, Joy Chakraborty, Sushil Gaud,
Krishnakant Tiwari, Rajesh Shukla, Manish Tiwari, Subita Sharma
Jamal Mecklai
Foreign Exchange Consultant
Supporters
Juju Basu
Advertising Professional D M Sukhtankar
former Municipal Commissioner, Mumbai and former Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra
K.M.S. (Titoo) Ahluwalia
Former Chairman & CEO A.C. Nielsen ORG-MARG Julio Ribeiro
IPS (Retd.), former Commissioner of Mumbai Police
Nitai Mehta
Managing Trustee, Praja Foundation; Business Entrepreneur Nasser Mukhtar Munjee
Former MD, IDFC
Rajan Mehra
Entrepreneur
Praja Staff
Shekhar Ghosh
Milind Mhaske
CEO, Tatva Public Relations; PR Advisor, Praja Foundation
Project Director, Praja Foundation
Sumangali Gada
Priyanka Sharma
Founder Trustee, Praja Foundation; Entrepreneur
Project Manager, Praja Foundation
Dr. Suma Chitnis
Social Scientist & former Vice Chancellor, SNDT University And the rest of the Praja Staff including – Kaustubh Gharat, Balwant Kirar, Dilip Tambe,
Neelam Mirashi, Nitin Mirashi, Vipul Gharat, Rupali Ghadigaonkar, Shradha Parab,
Sonali Shahpurwala Milind Redkar, Atul Gurav, Amey Phadke, Akhilesh Sharan
Banker

Vinay Sanghi
Entrepreneur

Vipul Ambani
Banking
Vivek Asrani
Entrepreneur


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various bodies from the parliament to the panchayat for the last 60 years.
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These representatives have deliberated, debated, questioned, proposed
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which we gave to ourselves laid out the way in which we would govern
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let down and frustrated by the Government and the elected representatives.
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Looking at the growing problems of Governance and the ever increasing needs
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Performance Appraisal of Elected Representatives has become the need of
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This appraisal has been done keeping in mind the constitutional role
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parameters in the ranking scale, different weightages have been allocated
f oreW ord for: attendances in Corporation and committee meetings, for the questions
asked on issues under obligatory and discretionary duties of the Corporation,
for issues raised related to public services that are essentially municipal in
nature, and for the extent of utilisation of discretionary fund.
Local government institutions have always existed in India in one form or
another since ancient times. The present form of urban local government This initiative is the first of its kind where the elected municipal representatives’
owes its genesis to the British rule. The initiation began with Samuel Laing, performance has been appraised on the basis of objective data and the
member of the Viceroy’s Council, in his Budget Speech (1861-62) proposing perceptions of the electorate of the respective constituencies. This initiative
that local services should be based on local resources. Lord Mayo’s itself is a work in progress and future rationalising and refining of the
Resolution of 1870 introduced the concept of elected representatives in the methodology will only strengthen the initiative for evolving a strong tool for
municipalities. Lord Ripon is considered the founding father of urban local monitoring the performances of our elected municipal representatives. I wish
government as he implanted the concept of municipal authorities as units of this endeavour evokes spontaneous support from the discerning citizens of
self-government. His Resolution of 18 May 1882 on local self-government Mumbai in general and the leaders of the political parties in particular.
dealt with the constitution of local bodies, their functions, finances and
powers and laid the foundation of local self-government in modern India. D M SuKHTANKAR,
After Independence, the Constitution of India was framed on federal former Municipal Commissioner,
principles. Indian Constitution makers divided the government functions Mumbai and former Chief Secretary,
into three lists: Central, State and Concurrent. Local government bodies are Government of Maharashtra
covered in the State List and are governed by the State statutes or in the
case of Union Territories by the Union Parliament. The 12th Schedule of the
Constitution introduced by the 73rd and 74th Amendments of the Constitution
seeks to provide more power and authority to the local government bodies
and lists the functions of urban local bodies, covering planning, regulation
and development aspects.
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is the most crucial
institution for governance in the lives of Mumbaikars. It is ‘Governed’ by
the 227 elected municipal councillors, whom the citizens elect every five
years. Under the mandate that they receive, the municipal councillors are
duty bound to ensure smooth and efficient delivery of municipal services.
In the past, luminaries like Pherozeshah Mehta amongst many others have
represented the city; and have strived to not only ensure municipal services
but also have provided a vision to develop the city to offer the highest
standards of living.
The city is administratively divided into 24 wards and the MCGM has
specific ‘central’ departments, such as water supply and sewerage, which
are centrally managed. The 1888 Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act gives
the obligatory and discretionary duties of the MCGM in great details.
For any attempt to asses and monitor the performance of municipal
councillors, the scale needs to be based on the parameters embedded in
the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 and the role of urban local
bodies as envisaged in the Constitution of India. Hence, while deciding the


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Note:
The ranking for Councillors for Constituency nos. 11, 86 & 169 is not available as
the councillors are either the Mayor (Sr. No. 1), has been suspended during the period
(Sr. No. 2) or has been recently elected (Sr. No. 3).

MuniCipal
parTy deTailS
CounCillor

Sr. No. 1 : Shradha S. Jadhav

MUMBAI’S Age: 46

227 COUNCILLORs
Edu.: HSC
Ward : F/South
Area: C.G.S. Colony, Sector-7

AND THEIR
Constituency No. 169
Member: Ward Committee F/South and F/North
SS

RANKINGS
Sr. No. 2 : Sunil S. Chavan

Age: 57
Edu.: B.A.
Ward : R/Central

A
Area: Banshi Nagar, Tata Power Road
Constituency No. 11
SS Member : Ward Committee H/East and H/West

Sr. No. 3 : Suryavansh Thakur

Age: 57

B photo
Edu.: Eighth
Ward : H/East
Area: T.P.S. - 3, Santacruz - Ashok Nagar
not available Constituency No. 86
i nC Member : Ward Committee H/East and H/West

E
C F
While reading the ratings of the councillors in the next pages kindly note the following:
(1) The parameter indicating Quality of Questions is summation of scores for ‘Importance
of questions asked by issues raised in the question’ (max. marks - 18) and ‘Issues raised
compared to citizen’s Complaints’ (max. marks - 10).

D (2) The grades are given based on actual percentage of marks earned for the particlar
parameter and is given as below:
(a) Grade ‘A’ – Between 100% to 80%.
(b) Grade ‘B’ – Less than 80% but more than or equal to 70%
(c) Grade ‘C’ – Less than 70% but more than or equal to 60%
(d) Grade ‘D’ – Less than 60% but more than or equal to 50%
(e) Grade ‘E’ – Less than 50% but more than or equal to 35%
(f) Grade ‘F’ – Less than 35%


no. of QualiTy of leaST CriMinal perCeived
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MuniCipal QueSTionS QueSTionS reCord perforManCe
parTy grade SCore rank
CounCillor actual actual actual actual actual
% grade grade grade grade grade
out of 15 out of 15 out of 28 out of 5 out of 30

C 60.75 #109 D 8.24 F 2.88 C 17.69 A 5.00 C 20.95

in C
Sheetal A. Age: 33 yrs, Edu.: Bachelor of Architecture, Member: Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Mhatre Ward: R/North, Area: Kandarpada - I. C. Colony, Constituency No.: 1

b 70.01 #42 A 12.30 D 8.40 D 16.74 A 5.00 C 20.56

SS
Bhalchandra C. Age: 54 yrs, Edu.: SSC, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Mhatre Ward: R/North, Area: Gaondevi - Dahisar (East), Constituency No.: 2

C 65.51 #77 A 13.19 A 14.52 C 17.27 F -5.00 C 19.53

in C
Rajendra P. Age: 57 yrs, Edu.: B.Sc., Member: Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and R/North,
Chaube Ward: R/North, Area: Ketkipada - Shailendra Nagar, Constituency No.: 3 Standing Committee

C 65.04 #81 A 13.93 F 4.97 D 15.60 A 5.00 C 20.54

SS
Bhavana B. Age: 52 yrs, Edu.: Upto SSC, Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Bhagat Ward: R/North, Area: Vaishali Nagar, Constituency No.: 4


ToTal aTTendanCe

d 54.57 #156 B 10.96 E 6.26 F 6.00 A 5.00 C 19.36

SS
Sujata u. Age: 37 yrs, Edu.: B.Com., Ward: R/North Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and R/North,
Patekar Area: Ashokvan - Chintamani Nagar, Constituency No.: 5 Education Committee

b 74.39 #19 A 13.28 D 8.40 C 19.33 A 5.00 B 22.38

SS
Prakash K. Age: 49 yrs, Edu.: HSC, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Karkar Ward: R/North, Area: Ambawadi - Ovari Pada, Constituency No.: 6

C 65.42 #79 E 5.96 C 9.95 D 15.93 A 5.00 B 21.58

SS
Shubha u. Age: 44 yrs, Edu.: B.A.M.S., M.D. Ayurved, Member: Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Raul Ward: R/North, Area: Mandapeshwar, Constituency No.: 7

C 69.38 #47 A 13.64 C 9.21 D 16.45 A 5.00 C 18.08

SS
Sadanand N. Age: 62 yrs, Edu.: Eleventh, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Markets and Gardens Committee,
Surve Ward: R/Central, Area: Gorai - M.H.B. Colony (New), Constituency No.: 8 Ward Committee R/Central and R/North


ToTal aTTendanCe

C 63.87 #90 A 13.35 F 3.77 C 19.19 A 5.00 D 17.57

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Vinod Ghedia Age: 73 yrs, Edu.: Not given, Member: Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Ward: R/Central, Area: Govind Nagar, Constituency No.: 9

C 67.54 #61 B 11.51 B 11.43 E 12.06 A 5.00 C 20.55

nCp
Bhaskar N. Age: 41 yrs, Edu.: SSC, Member: Public Health Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Khursange Ward: R/Central, Area: Daulat Nagar, Nancy Colony, Constituency No.: 10

C 67.32 #63 A 13.24 C 9.21 E 13.21 A 5.00 C 20.66

in C
Vinay G. Age: 44 yrs, Edu.: Seventh, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Markets and Gardens Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and
Patil Ward: R/Central, Area: Datta Pada, Constituency No.: 12 R/North, Improvements Committee

b 72.96 #26 A 13.55 A 12.11 D 14.64 A 5.00 B 22.67

SS
Aparna A. Age: 55 yrs, Edu.: Upto Eighth, Ward: R/Central, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Women and Child Welfare Committee,
Narvekar Area: Rajendra Nagar, Khatav Estate, Constituency No.: 13 Ward Committee R/Central and R/North


ToTal aTTendanCe

d 58.27 #132 C 10.14 E 6.26 E 9.84 A 5.00 C 20.03

bjp
Pravin Shah Age: 55 yrs, Edu.: SSC, Member: Public Health Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Ward: R/Central, Area: Borivali TPS 3 - Kora Kendra, Constituency No.: 14

a 82.94 #2 A 13.77 A 14.33 B 20.92 A 5.00 B 21.92

bjp
Mohan R. Age: 64 yrs, Edu.: B.A. (Economic), B.Com. Member: Works Committee (Suburbs) , Markets and Gardens Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and
Mithbaokar Ward: R/Central, Area: Eksar - Yogi Nagar, Constituency No.: 15 R/North, Standing Committee, Improvements Committee

d 59.21 #122 C 9.11 E 6.26 E 10.30 A 5.00 B 21.54

bjp
Bharati J. Age: 32 yrs, Edu.: B.Com., Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Ward Committee R/Central and R/North
Keni Ward: R/Central, Area: Chikuwadi - Kanti Park, Constituency No.: 16

C 65.62 #76 A 14.61 E 7.05 D 15.59 A 5.00 D 17.36

nCp
Sandhya V. Age: 35 yrs, Edu.: Upto T.Y.B.Com., Ward: R/Central, Member: Ward Committee R/Central and R/North, Improvements Committee
Doshi (Sakre) Area: Charkop (North), M.H.B. Colony (New), Constituency No.: 17


ToTal aTTendanCe

C 65.18 #80 E 7.49 D 7.53 D 15.13 A 5.00 B 23.03

SS
Shubhada S. Age: 60 yrs, Edu.: Eleventh, Member: Public Health Committee, Ward Committee R/South and Education Committee
Gudhekar Ward: R/South, Area: Charkop (South), Constituency No.: 18

d 59.48 #121 A 12.92 A 12.65 E 11.85 F -5.00 C 20.06

in C
Kamlesh S. Age: 43 yrs, Edu.: SSC, Member: Ward Committee R/South, Education Committee
Yadav Ward: R/South, Area: Charkop Industrial Estate, Constituency No.: 19

d 51.94 #167 D 7.59 F 4.97 F 6.00 A 5.00 B 21.39

bjp
Shailaja V. Age: 52 yrs, Edu.: Eleventh, Member: Ward Committee R/South
Girkar Ward: R/South, Area: Mahavir Nagar - Dhanukar Wadi, Constituency No.: 20

e 39.61 #204 E 6.51 F 0.00 F 0.00 A 5.00 B 21.10

in C
Rajul N. Age: 52 yrs, Edu.: B.Sc., G.C.D., D.F.M, Ward: R/South, Member: Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee, Ward Committee R/South
Vyas Area: Narwane Sanskrutik Centre - Aarya Chanakya Nagar, Constituency No.: 21


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in d e p e n d e n T
d 56.15 #147 C 9.97 F 2.21 D 14.18 A 5.00 C 18.79

Shivkumar Age: 37 yrs, Edu.: Eighth, Ward: R/South, Member: Markets and Gardens Committee, Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee,
V. Jha Area: Poisar Village (West) - Kandivali (East), Constituency No.: 22 Ward Committee R/South

C 64.26 #89 C 9.46 E 7.05 D 14.59 A 5.00 B 22.16

SS
Ashok V. Age: 56 yrs, Edu.: Eleventh, Ward: R/South, Member: Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee, Ward Committee R/South
Sawant Area: Poisar (East), Rajaram Nagar - Ashok Nagar, Constituency No.: 23

C 65.94 #75 D 7.51 E 6.26 C 17.20 A 5.00 B 22.98

SS
Kshitija u. Age: 45 yrs, Edu.: B.Com., Ward: R/South, Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee,
Pujare Area: Samata Nagar - Dattani Park - Mahindra & Mahindra Company, Constituency No.: 24 Ward Committee R/South

d 51.10 #172 F 2.29 F 4.97 F 8.70 A 5.00 B 23.14

in C
Ramesh S. Age: 47 yrs, Edu.: SSC, Member: Ward Committee R/South
Thakur Ward: R/South, Area: Damupada, Constituency No.: 25


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C 66.70 #69 B 11.89 B 10.56 F 9.70 A 5.00 B 22.54

in C
Ajanta R. Age: 43 yrs, Edu.: B.H.M.S., Ward: R/South, Member: Public Health Committee, Ward Committee R/South, Education Committee
Yadav Area: Vadarpada Colony - Gautam Nagar, Constituency No.: 26

d 55.79 #151 D 8.14 C 9.95 D 15.83 F -5.00 C 19.88

bjp
Yogesh A. Age: 48 yrs, Edu.: F.Y.J.C, Ward: R/South, Member: Ward Committee R/South, Standing Committee
Sagar Area: Devji Bhimji Colony - Paras Nagar, Constituency No.: 27

d 52.97 #162 B 11.83 F 4.97 E 10.27 F -5.00 B 23.91

in C
Geeta A. Age: 35 yrs, Edu.: D.H.M.S., Ward: R/South, Member: Public Health Committee, Ward Committee R/South
Yadav Area: Iraniwadi - Kandivali (West), Constituency No.: 28

C 66.98 #66 A 12.35 A 12.65 E 13.91 A 5.00 C 18.08

SS
Renuka Age: 34 yrs, Edu.: Ninth, Ward: P/North, Member: Markets and Gardens Committee, Ward Committee P/North
P. Dive Area: Manori - Marve Erangel - Aksa - Daravali Village - Madh Island, Constituency No.: 29


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e 48.33 #190 B 10.74 F 0.93 F 6.00 A 5.00 C 19.66

in C
Suvarna P. Age: 42 yrs, Edu.: Eighth, Ward: P/North, Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Ward Committee P/North
Madhyalkar Area: Valnai Village - Kharodi Village - Malavani Colony, Constituency No.: 30

e 49.98 #179 B 10.51 F 2.88 F 6.00 A 5.00 C 19.58

in C
Jaya Satnam Age: 50 yrs, Edu.: S.Y.J.C., Ward: P/North, Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Ward Committee P/North
Singh Tiwana Area: Adarsh Dugdhalaya - Evershine Nagar, Constituency No.: 31

C 64.73 #84 C 10.12 A 13.17 E 12.30 A 5.00 C 18.14

in C
Baldevsingh Age: 43 yrs, Edu.: Sixth, Ward: P/North, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Ward Committee P/North, Improvements Committee
G. Mankoo Area: Bhadaran Nagar - Mamalatdar Wadi, Constituency No.: 32

C 60.60 #111 C 10.39 F 4.97 D 14.64 A 5.00 C 18.60

bjp
Ramnarayan Age: 65 yrs, Edu.: SSC, L.C.EH, Member: Public Health Committee, Ward Committee P/North, Education Committee, Tree Committee
A. Barot Ward: P/North, Area: Pushpa Park, Constituency No.: 33


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e 43.35 #199 A 12.46 F 4.97 F 6.71 F -5.00 C 19.22

Mn S
Vanita M. Age: 58 yrs, Edu.: Seventh, Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee,
Ghag Ward: P/North, Area: Tanaji Nagar, Constituency No.: 34 Ward Committee P/North

f 34.64 #214 F 5.17 F 0.93 F 6.00 F -5.00 C 20.54

in C
Bhomsingh Age: 53 yrs, Edu.: HSC, Member: Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee, Ward Committee P/North, Education Committee
Rathod Ward: P/North, Area: Appa Pada, Constituency No.: 35

b 71.77 #32 B 11.46 C 9.95 C 18.75 A 5.00 C 19.62

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Vidya A. Age: 54 yrs, Edu.: SSC, Commercial Arts, G. D. Arts, Ceramic Artist, Member: Ward Committee P/North, Improvements Committee
Chavan Ward: P/North, Area: Malad Hill Reservoir, Constituency No.: 36

C 66.58 #71 A 12.72 A 14.19 E 12.89 F 0.00 C 20.79

SS
Sadashiv D. Age: 49 yrs, Edu.: Upto SSC, Ward: P/North, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Ward Committee P/North
Patil Area: Municipal colony Malad (East), Constituency No.: 37


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C 66.50 #72 B 10.70 C 9.21 D 15.31 A 5.00 C 19.28

nCp
Ajit B. Age: 37 yrs, Edu.: F.Y.J.C., Ward: P/North, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Ward Committee P/North
Raorane Area: Dhanjiwadi - Narsobawadi - Kokanipada, Constituency No.: 38

C 60.55 #112 A 13.70 E 6.26 C 17.65 F 0.00 D 16.95

SS
Ganpat B. Age: 61 yrs, Edu.: Seventh, Ward: P/North, Member: Works Committee (Suburbs), Ward Committee P/North
Varise Area: Pimpri Pada - Pathanwadi, Constituency No.: 39

b 79.11 #3 A 14.04 A 13.17 C 17.64 A 5.00 B 22.26

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Gyanmurti R. Age: 39 yrs, Edu.: B.Sc., L.L.B., Ward: P/North, Member: Law, Revenue and General Purposes Committee, Ward Committee P/North
Sharma Area: Raheja Complex - Dindoshi, Constituency No.: 40

e 48.20 #191 D 8.52 F 0.93 F 6.00 A 5.00 C 20.75

in C
Dikshita Age: 38 yrs, Edu.: S.Y.B.Com., Member: Women and Child Welfare Committee, Ward Committee P/North
J. Shah Ward: P/North, Area: Makrani Pada, Constituency No.: 41


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