Meetings of Gram Panchayat

(1) The meeting of the Gram Panchayat shall be public and shall be held at least once a month at the office of the Gram Panchayat and at such time as the Pradhan may fix: Provided that the Pradhan, when required in writing by a majority of the members to call a meeting, shall do so within three days, failing which the said members shall, with the previous approval of the prescribed authority, be entitled to call a meeting after giving a notice of one week to the Pradhan and the other members. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules framed thereunder one-half of the office bearers of the Gram Panchayat shall form a quorum. (3) The decisions of the Gram Panchayat shall be by majority and when the voting is equal, the Pradhan, in his absence, the Up-Pradhan, shall have an additional or casting vote.