Provided further that where the value of such property exceeds twenty-five thousand rupees, the previous sanction of the Government shall be obtained.

Amendment of section 87 Amendment of section 87.—In section 87 of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:—

1. (1) The Gram Panchayat may, with the previous sanction of the Commissioner, lease, sell or otherwise transfer any property vested in or belonging to it, the value of which exceeds five thousand rupees: