Dissolution of Gram

Dissolution of Gram Panchayat -

1. (1) If at any time the State Government or the prescribed authority is satisfied that a Gram Panchayat is not competent to perform or persistently makes default in the performance of the duties imposed on it by or under this Act or any other law for the time being in force or exceeds or abuses its powers, the State Government or the prescribed authority may, after due enquiry, by an order dissolve such Gram Panchayat.
2. (2) No order under sub-section
3. (1) shall be passed unless the Gram Panchayat has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
4. (3) On the dissolution of the Gram Panchayat under sub-section (1), the following consequences shall ensue, namely -
   • (a) all the office-bearers shall vacate their offices from the date of the order;
   • (b) all the powers and duties shall, during the period of dissolution, be exercised and performed by such person or persons or committee of persons as the State Government or the prescribed authority may appoint in this behalf, and where a committee of persons is so appointed, the State Government or the prescribed authority shall also appoint a head of such committee.
5. (4) Any person appointed under clause
   • (b) of sub-section
6. (3) to perform the duties of the Gram Panchayat shall receive such payment from the Gram Panchayat Fund as the State Government may, by order, determine.
7. (5) The Gram Panchayat dissolved under sub-section
8. (1) shall be reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act within a period of six months from the date of such dissolution: