Power to call for proceedings, etc.

The Board shall have power— (a) to call for any proceedings of a panchayat or an extract there from, any book or document in the possession or under the control of a Panchayat, and any return, statement, account or report which the Board thinks fit to require such Panchayat to furnish ; and (b) to require a Panchayat take into consideration— (i) any objection which appears to the Board to exist to the doing of anything which is about to be done, or is being done, by such Panchayat; or (ii) any information which the Board is able to furnish and which appears to the Board to necessitate the doing of a certain thing by the Panchayat, and to submit a written reply to the Board within a reasonable time stating its reasons for not desisting from doing or for not doing such things.