Knowledge for municipal practitioners
Handbooks, legal compendiums and training resources for Municipal Commissioners, Chief Officers, designated officers, town planners and legal practitioners.
Dr Ramnath Sonawane, PhD · Stellar Urban Manager · Pune
Nearly 35 years in urban management: Municipal Commissioner of Kalyan-Dombivli, Jalgaon and Ulhasnagar, CEO of Nagpur Smart City.
Handbooks and legal compendiums that turn municipal Acts, rules and court judgments into usable procedure.
Sessions for officers of urban local bodies on administrative law, enforcement and municipal administration.
PhD, North Maharashtra University, on administrative communication strategies in local self-government.
Featured work
Handbook
For city managers, designated officers and legal practitioners. Its guiding principle: unauthorised constructions must be removed, but removed legally.
Read more →Legal compendium
Every law governing urban local bodies, with its objects, salient provisions and key Supreme Court judgments. Maharashtra edition in English and Marathi; editions for other States in preparation.
Read more →Compendium
Officially recognised practices across eight core subjects, from governance and finance to resilience and digital governance, each with its impact and a method for replication.
Read more →The handbook series
Sixteen practical handbooks on the issues city officials face every day. Each is built around the governing Acts, step-by-step procedure, model notices and court judgments.
About the series →Resource library
Download, print and use in the office. Browse by type of material.
Quick reference to State and Central laws, with links to the official India Code text.
Model notices with governing sections, and model speaking orders for quasi-judicial work.
Short summaries of Supreme Court and High Court judgments that shape municipal practice.
Slide decks and notes from training sessions, available as PDF downloads.
Ready-to-use checklists for enforcement, audit compliance and council business.
Marathi editions of compendiums, notes and model notices.
Training and talks
Training for officers of urban local bodies, using examples drawn from municipal Acts so participants can apply them the next day.
Invite for a training sessionArticles and notes
Beyond municipal law
Paper Towns
Dattsons
Dattsons
Bookleaf
Municipal law, recent judgments and best practices, written for people doing the work. In English and Marathi.