The decision of the competent authority shall be final and no suit or other proceeding shall lie against it in any court.

1. (1) On the election of a new President or Vice-President it shall be the duty of the retiring President or, as the case may be, Vice-President to hand over to him charge of his office and to deliver to him the record and property belonging to the panchayat and in his custody.
2. (2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to a retiring member in the matter of handing over charge of his office. 1. These words were substituted for the words “One third” by Guj. 21 of 2014, s.12. First meeting of district panchayat and election of President and Vice-President. Duty of retiring President, etc. to handover charge.

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79. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the district panchayat shall pay to its President an honorarium at such rate as may be prescribed.

1. (2) (a) The President shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of a residence, in the headquarters of the panchayat or with the previous sanction of the State Government at any other place in the district throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence house allowance at such rate as the State Government may determine by a general or special order.
   • (b) No charge shall fall on the President personally in respect of the maintenance of any residence provided under this sub-section.
2. (3) During the leave or absence of the President, the Vice-President shall be paid such honorarium and allowances as may be prescribed.
3. (4) The President of the panchayat shall be paid a conveyance allowance or permanent travelling allowance or both at such rates and upon such conditions as the State Government may by order determine from time to time.
4. (5) The Vice-President, and members of the panchayat shall be entitled to travelling allowance while touring on public business at such rates and upon such conditions, as may be determined by rules made either prospectively or retrospectively. 80. (1) subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), where the President of a district panchayat remains absent or is on leave for a continuous period exceeding fifteen days, he shall not be entitled to any honorarium under sub-section (1) of section 79 of for such period.
5. (2) Where the president remains absent on ground of illness duly certified by such medical authority as the State Government may by general or special order specify, the President shall be entitled to an honorarium under sub-section (1) of section 79 during the period of such absence in so far as such period does not exceed ninety days during any year.
6. (3) Nothing in sub-section (7) shall apply to the absence of the President on account of his touring on public business.

1[81. (1) Save as otherwise provided in the Act, the term of office of the members of a

District Panchayat shall be co-extensive with the duration of the Panchayat.

1. (2) The term of office of the President and the Vice-President of a District Panchayat, save as otherwise provided in this Act, shall be two and a half years.
2. (3) There shall be called a meeting of the elected members of the District Panchyat by the competent authority within thirty days before the expiry of the said term of two and a half years for the election of President and the Vice-President from amongst such elected members.
3. (4) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the President or the Vice- President shall be eligible for re-election.
4. (5) If, during the term of his office under sub-section (2), the President or the Vice- President, ceases to be a member of the Panchayat, he shall vacate the office held by him.
5. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), the President or the Vice-President who has completed a period of two and a half years as such on the date of the commencement of the Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Act, 2015, shall continue to hold the office till the remainder term of the