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Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994

Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994

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The Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 establishes a unified three-tier system of local self-governance across rural Andhra Pradesh. It regulates the constitution, powers, duties, and election processes for Gram Panchayats at the village level, Mandal Praja Parishads at the block level, and Zilla Praja Parishads at the district level. Applying to citizens and local officials in rural regions, the statute covers public health, sanitation, agriculture, infrastructure development, local taxation, and administrative penalties. By decentralizing authority, this legislation empowers rural communities to manage their own civic affairs, promote socio-economic growth, and participate directly in local democratic governance.

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Chapter I CONSTITUTION, ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF GRAM →

  1. 3Declaration of a village for the purposes of this Act
  2. 4Constitution of Gram Panchayats for villages and their incorporation
  3. 5Township
  4. 6Gram Sabha
  5. 7Total strength of a Gram Panchayat
  6. 8Election of Members
  7. 9Reservation of seats of members of gram panchayat
  8. 10Division of wards
  9. 11Preparation and publication of electoral roll for a gram panchayat
  10. 12Rearrangement and republication of electoral rolls
  11. 13Term of office of members
  12. 14Election and term of office of Sarpanch
  13. 15Reservation of Office of Sarpanch
  14. 16Fresh elections in certain cases
  15. 17Qualifications of candidates
  16. 18Disqualification of certain office holders etc.
  17. 19Disqualification of candidates
  18. 19ADiaqualification on ground of corrupt practice or election offences
  19. 19BDisqualification for failure to lodge account of election expenses
  20. 20Disqualification of members
  21. 20ADisqualification of Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch for failure to convene the meetings of Gram Sabha
  22. 20BDisqualification of Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch for failure to close audit of the accounts
  23. 21Restoration of members to office
  24. 22Authority to decide questions of disqualifications of members
  25. 23Resignation of members, Upa-Sarpanch, Sarpanch
  26. 24Cessation of Upa-Sarpanch
  27. 25Powers and functions of the Sarpanch
  28. 26Devolution and delegation of Sarpanch's powers and functions and filling up of vacancies in the office of Sarpanch
  29. 27Removal of temporary Sarpanch
  30. 28Rights of individual members
  31. 29No Sarpanch, Upa-Sarpanch or members to receive remuneration
  32. 30Appointment of Executive Authoritysfor certain Gram Panchayats
  33. 31Functions of Executive Authority
  34. 32Functions of the Executive Authority
  35. 33Emergency powers of Sarpanch
  36. 34Exercise of functions of executive authority by Health Officer in certain cases
  37. 35Delegation of functions of executive authority
  38. 36Officers and other employees of gram panchayat
  39. 37Presidency at meetings
  40. 38Minutes of proceedings
  41. 39Power to call for records
  42. 40Beneficiary committees and functional Committees
  43. 41Proceedings of gram panchayats and committees
  44. 42Appointment of Joint Committees
  45. 43Administration report
  46. 44Powers of inspecting and superintending officers and of the Government

Chapter II POWERS, FUNCTIONS AND PROPERTY OF GRAM PANCHAYATS →

  1. 45Duty of gram panchayat to provide for certain matters
  2. 46Power of Gram Panchayat to provide for certain other matters
  3. 47Maintenance of common dispensaries, child welfare centres etc.
  4. 48Transfer of management of forests to gram panchayat
  5. 49Transfer to Panchayats of institutions or works
  6. 50Power of Commissioner of Land Revenue to transfer, resume control of endowments and inams
  7. 51Limitation of power to accept donations and trusts
  8. 52Maintenance of cattle pounds
  9. 53Vesting of public roads in gram panchayat
  10. 54Collected sewage etc., to belong to gram panchayat
  11. 55Vesting of communal property or income in gram panchayat
  12. 56Maintenance of irrigation works, execution of kudimaramat etc.
  13. 57Vesting of the management of ferries in Gram Panchayats etc
  14. 58Certain Government porambokes to vest in gram panchayat etc
  15. 59Acquisition of immovable property required by gram panchayat

Chapter IV TAXATION AND FINANCE →

  1. 60Taxes leviable by Gram Panchayats
  2. 61House-tax
  3. 62Levy of house-tax on a direction by Government
  4. 63Tax on advertisements
  5. 64Prohibition of advertisementes without written permission of executive authority
  6. 65Permission of the executive authority to become void in certain cases
  7. 66Owner or person in occupation to be deemed responsible
  8. 67Removal of un-authorised advertisements
  9. 68Collection of tax on advertisements
  10. 69Duty on transfers of property
  11. 70Vehicle Tax
  12. 71Special tax leviable by a gram panchayat
  13. 72Composition of tax payable by owner of a factory or a contiguous group of buildings
  14. 73Power to write-off irrecoverable amounts
  15. 74Gram Panchayat Fund
  16. 75Expenditure, from Gram Panchayat Fund
  17. 76Election expenses to be borne by the Government
  18. 77Preparation and sanction of budget
  19. 78Contribution to expenditure by other local authorities
  20. 79Recovery of loans and advances made by the Government

Chapter V PUBLIC SAFETY, CONVENIENCE AND HEALTH →

  1. 80Vesting of water works in Gram Panchayats
  2. 81Setting apart of public tanks etc., for certain purposes
  3. 82Prohibition against using places so set apart for purposes other than those Notified
  4. 83Contribution from persons having control over places of pilgrimage etc.
  5. 84Cleaning of Private Latrines
  6. 85Registration of burial and burning grounds
  7. 86Licensing of places for disposal of the dead
  8. 87Provision of burning and burial grounds
  9. 88A book to be kept of places registered, licensed or provided
  10. 89Prohibition against burying or burning in unauthorised places
  11. 90Notices to be given to Gram Panchayat of burials etc.
  12. 91Prohibition against use of burial and burning grounds dangerous to health or overcrowded with graves
  13. 92Power to Control and administer stray dogs or pigs
  14. 93Prohibition against allowing outflow of filth
  15. 94Power as to sanitation and conservancy
  16. 95Prohibition against working of quarry near public roads
  17. 96Prohibition against destruction in or over public roads
  18. 97Prohibition against and regulation of door, gate, bar or ground floor window opening outwards
  19. 98Removal of encroachments
  20. 99Power to allow certain projections and erections
  21. 100Prohibition of building on sewer, drain etc., without permission
  22. 101Prohibition against making holes and causing obstruction in public roads
  23. 102Prohibition against planting or felling trees on public roads etc., without permission
  24. 103Recovery of penalty and compensation for unauthorised occupation of land
  25. 104Public Markets
  26. 105Licence for private markets
  27. 106Fee for licence
  28. 107Power exercisable by Executive Authority in respect of public markets
  29. 108Powers exercisable by Gram Panchayat in respect of private markets
  30. 109Decisions of disputes as to whether places are market
  31. 110Prohibition of sale in unlicensed private market etc.,
  32. 111Prohibition against sale in or upon public roads
  33. 112Classification of markets
  34. 113Vesting of places used as markets situated in estates taken over by the Government
  35. 114Classification of public roads, fairs and festivals etc.
  36. 115Public landing places, cart-stands etc.
  37. 116Private cart-stands
  38. 117Public slaughter houses
  39. 118Prohibition or regulation of the use of places for slaughtering animals and licensing of slaughterers
  40. 119Purposes for which places may not be used without licence
  41. 120Applications to be made for construction, establishment, or installation of factory, workshop or work-place in which steam or other power is to be employed
  42. 121Construction of building
  43. 122Power of gram panchayat to issue directions for abatement of nuisance caused by steam or other power
  44. 123Form of licences, notices, permissions
  45. 124Power of Government to pass order to give directions
  46. 125Modification of the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Places of Public Resort Act, 1888

Chapter VI GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS (GRAM PANCHAYATS) →

  1. 126Power to name streets and number buildings
  2. 127General provisions regarding licences and permissions
  3. 128Appeal from the order of executive authority
  4. 129Limitation of time for appeal
  5. 130Government and Market Committees not to obtain licences and permissions
  6. 131Time for complying with notice, order etc., and power to enforce in default
  7. 132Powers of entry and inspection
  8. 133Testing of weights and measures
  9. 134Power to call for information from Executive Authority
  10. 135Limitation for recovery of dues
  11. 136Persons empowered to prosecute
  12. 137Power to compound offences
  13. 138Prosecutions and compositions to be reported to Gram Panchayat
  14. 138ANotice of action against Gram Pranchayat
  15. 139Assistance of police to the gram panchayat
  16. 140Wrongful restraint of Executive Authority or his delegates
  17. 141Punishment for obstructing Gram Panchayat
  18. 142Penalty for not giving information or giving false information
  19. 143Special provisions in the case of new Gram Panchayats
  20. 144Public roads, markets, wells, tanks etc., to be open to all
  21. 145Power to farm out fees
  22. 146Extension of provisions of law relating to district municipalities or of rules thereunder
  23. 147Transfer of functions of Gram Panchayats to other local authorities or vice-versa

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