11Survey of manual scavengers in urban areas by Municipalities

(1) If any Municipality has reason to believe that some persons are engaged oremployed in manual scavenging within its jurisdiction, the Chief Executive Officer of suchMunicipality shall cause a survey to be undertaken to identify such persons.

(2) The content and methodology of the survey referred to in sub-section (1) shall besuch as may be prescribed, and it shall be completed within a period of two months from itscommencement in the case of Municipal Corporations, and within a period of one month inthe case of other Municipalities.

(3) The Chief Executive Officer of the Municipality, in whose jurisdiction the survey isundertaken, shall be responsible for accurate and timely completion of the survey.

(4) After completion of the survey, the Chief Executive Officer shall cause to be drawnup a provisional list of persons found to be working as manual scavengers within thejurisdiction of his Municipality and fulfilling the eligibility conditions as may be prescribed,shall cause such provisional list to be published for general information in such manner, asmay be prescribed, and shall invite objections to the list from the general public.

(5) Any person having any objection, either to the inclusion or exclusion of any namein the provisional list published in pursuance of sub-section (4), shall, within a period offifteen days from such publication, file an objection, in such form as the Municipality maynotify, to the Chief Executive Officer.

(6) All objections received in pursuance of sub-section (5), shall be enquired into, andthereafter a final list of persons found to be working as manual scavengers within the locallimits of the municipality, shall be published by it in such manner, as may be prescribed.

(7) As soon as the final list of manual scavengers, referred to in sub-section (6) ispublished, the persons included in the said list shall, subject to the provisions ofsub-section (2) of section 6, stand discharged from any obligation to work as manual scavengers.