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The Maharashtra Gramdan Act, 1964

Chapter IV ESTABLISHMENT OF MAHARASHTRA GRAMDAN BOARD AND GRAM SAMITIS

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Chapter IV ESTABLISHMENT OF MAHARASHTRA GRAMDAN BOARD AND GRAM SAMITIS

22. Maharashtra Gramdan Board and its functions.

Statutory text
  1. (1) For the purposes hereinafter specified, the State Government shall by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Board to be called the Maharashtra Gramdan Board.
  2. (2) The Gramdan Board shall consist of a Chairman and such number of other members (including the Secretary) being not less than five and not more than nine. The Chairman and members shall be appointed by the State Government.
  3. (3) The Chairman and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of four years from the date of their appointment which shall be notified in the Official Gazette, and they shall be eligible for re-appointment.
  4. (4) The Chairman or any member of the Board may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the State Government, but the office shall not become vacant unless the resignation is accepted.
  5. (5) In the event of a vacancy occurring on the Board the Chairman or Secretary shall forthwith communicate the occurrence to the State Government and the vacancy shall be filled as soon as conveniently may be, but the person appointed shall hold office so long only as the member in whose place he was appointed would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred.
  6. (6) The time, place of sitting, conduct of business and procedure to be followed at a meeting shall be such as the Gramdan Board may by regulations determine.
  7. (7) It shall be the duty of the Gramdan Board,-
    • (a) to train workers for the purposes of implementing the aims and objects of this Act and assign them to Gramdan villages ;
    • (b) to study and evaluate general experience in the development of Gramdan villages ;
    • (c) to expedite legal and other formalities in connection with the Gramdan village.

Chapter IV ESTABLISHMENT OF MAHARASHTRA GRAMDAN BOARD AND GRAM SAMITIS

23. Establishment of Gram Samitis.

Statutory text
  1. (1) For every Gramdan village, 1[there may be a Gram Samiti].
  2. (2) The Gram Samiti shall consist of-
    • (a) one representative of each family residing in the Gramdan villages; and
    • (b) one representative of each family of non-resident donors of land in the Gramdan village.
  3. (3) The Gram Samiti shall be presided over by a Chairman who shall be elected in the manner provided by regulations made in that behalf.
  4. (4) The term of office of members of the Gram Samiti and the Chairman, their resignation, vacancies in their office to be filled, the conduct of business of a Gram Samiti and all matters incidental thereto shall be determined or regulated according to regulations made in that behalf.
  5. (5) The Gram Samiti may perform such functions being of an advisory nature as may be provided for by regulations made by the Mandal in this behalf. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section 'family' includes a Hindu undivided family, and in the case of other persons, a group or unit the members of which by custom or usage, or joint in estate or possession or residence.

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