Preparation of lists of officers and establishment their salaries, allowances and duties

A Gaon Panchayat shall subject to provision in the budget by a resolution as its meeting, prepare a list of officers and other establishment, except the Secretary required for them and shall also decide the salaries and allowances to be paid to them and determine the duties to be assigned to each one of them: Provided that no person other than a menial servant shall be appointed to any office whose age is below 21 years or above 45 and who or whose relation is a member of the Gaon Panchayat or Circle Panchayat, in whose term the appointment takes place. The maximum age limit shall not, however, apply to those who are already in the service of Government or a local body.