Entry and inspection

The Pradhan or Up-Pradhan of the Gaon Panchayat, and if authorised in this behalf by the Gaon Panchayat, any other member, officer or servant of the Gaon Panchayat may enter into or upon any building or land, with or without assistants or workmen, in order to make an inspection or survey or to execute a work which a Gaon Panchayat is authorised by this Act or by rules or bye-laws made thereunder to make or execute, or which is necessary for a Gaon Panchayat for any of the purposes or in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or of rules or bye-laws to make or execute : Provided that -(a) except when it is in this Act or rules or bye-laws otherwise expressly provided, no such entry shall be made between sunset and sunrise, and (b) except when it is in this Act or in rules or bye-laws otherwise expressly provided, no building which is used as a human dwelling shall be so entered except with the consent of the occupier thereof and without giving and said occupier not less than four hours previous written notice of the intention to make such entry, and (c) sufficient notice shall in every instance be given even when any premises can otherwise be entered without notice to enable the inmates of an apartment appropriated for females to remove to some part of the premises where there privacy shall not be disturbed, and (d) due regard shall always be had to the social and religious usages of the occupants of the premises entered. (a) If on enquiry or taking evidence, Deputy Director is satisfied that there is no valid ground for disputing the appointment in question, he shall dismiss the petition. (b) If, however, the Deputy Director of Panchayats is satisfied that the appointment disputed was the result of coercion, fraud, intentional misrepresentation or offer or acceptance of any valuable consideration, he shall cancel the appointment and either declare a casual vacancy or declare another candidate have been duly appointed in that place, whichever course appears, in the particular circumstances of the case, to be more appropriate.