KOLKATA, June 8 -- Three days after Firhad Hakim stepped down as Kolkata mayor, the West Bengal government on Monday dissolved the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) board and appointed municipal commissioner Smita Pandey as its administrator.

The order comes on the day Firhad Hakim met rebel Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Ritabrata Banerjee in his chamber in the West Bengal assembly. However, the details of the interaction were not immediately known.

All councillors, members of the mayor-in-council, committee members and the chairperson would have to vacate their offices in accordance with the provisions of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, the municipal affairs department said in an order, according to PTI.

PTI said the dec...