Constitution of Gramdan Gram

Constitution of Gramdan Gram.—

1. (1) Where, in respect of any village, the State Government is satisfied that—
   • (a) the Gramdan movement has been initiated in that village;
   • (b) the conditions specified in sub-section
2. (2) have been fulfilled in respect of the village; and
   • (c) a Gram Sabha as defined in the Gujarat Gramdan Act, 1965 (Guj. 32 of 1965) has been constituted for the village, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare the village to be a Gramdan Gram.
3. (2) The conditions referred to in clause
   • (b) of sub-section
4. (1) are that—
   • (a) not less than seventy-five per cent of the persons owning lands in the village, or not less than fifty-one per cent of the total number of persons residing in the village, have donated their lands, or, as the case may be, have agreed to donate their lands, in accordance with the provisions of the Gujarat Gramdan Act, 1965 (Guj. 32 of 1965); and
   • (b) the extent of the land so donated or agreed to be donated is not less than fifty-one per cent of the total extent of the lands in the village.