On any area ceasing to be a village by virtue of any notification under clause (g) of

article 243 of the Constitution,

1. (a) the panchayat shall be dissolved and all members of the panchayat shall vacate office as from the date of the notifications;
2. (b) the unexpended balance of the fund of the panchayat and the property (including arrears of rates, taxes and fees) vesting in the panchayat shall vest in the State Government to be utilised for the benefit of the inhabitants of the areas as the State Government thinks fit. 257. (1) Where in respect of a panchayat which is to be reconstituted on account of the expiry of its duration, the State Government is satisfied that, it is not possible to hold elections before the expiry of duration for reconsituting the panchayat, on account of any natural calamity, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or rules made there under, the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, make a declaration to that effect.

1. (3) On the issue of the notification under sub-section (1), all the powers and duties of the panchayat shall be exercised and performed for the period, during which the notification remains in force by such officer as the State Government may by order in writing specify.

258. (1) The State Government may from time to time cause inquiry to be made by

way of its officers in regard to any panchayat or matters concerning it or to any matters with respect to which the sanction, approval, consent or order of the State Government is required by this Act.

1. (2) The Officer holding such inquiry shall have the powers of a court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, to take evidence and to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents for the purposes of the inquiry.
2. (3) The State Government may make orders as to the cost of inquiries under sub- section (1) and as to the parties by whom and the funds out of which they shall be paid and any such order may, on the direction of the State Government or the application of any person named therein, be executed as if it were a decree of a civil court.