Section 44AC(4) in Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919
(4)The Commissioner shall preside at the meeting convened under this section, and no other person shall preside thereat. If within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting, the Commissioner is not present to preside at the meeting, the meeting shall stand adjourned to a time to be appointed and notified to the councillors by the Commissioner under sub-section (5).