(1) The District Development Officer may suspend from office the Sarpanch or the

Upa-Sarpanch of a village panchayat against whom any criminal proceedings in respect of an offence involving moral turpitude have been instituted or who has been detained in a prison during trial for any offence or who is undergoing such sentence of imprisonment as would not disqualify him from continuing as a member of the panchayat under section 30 or who has been detained under any law relating to preventive detention for the time being in force. Removal from office. Leave of absence. Suspension of Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch.

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1. (2) Where any Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch, has been suspended under sub-section
2. (1) another member of the village panchayat shall, subject to the conditions to which the election of the Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch, so suspended was subject, be elected to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of a Sarpanch or Upa-Sarpanch, during the period for which such suspension continues.
3. (3) An appeal shall lie against an order passed under sub-section (1) to the State Government. Such appeal shall be made within a period of thirty days from the date of the order.