The Dissolution of Osmanabad and Parbhani Zilla Parishads and Temporary and of Elections Act, 1980

1. (1) This Act may be called the Dissolution of Osmanabad and Parbhani Zilla Parishads and Temporary Postponement of Elections Act, 1980.
2. (2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 25th September 1980.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) “ administrator ” means the person appointed by the State Government under this Act to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the Osmanabad Zilla Parishad or the Parbhani Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, and its Panchayat Samitis, Standing Committee, Subjects Committees and other Committees;
2. (b) “ appointed date ” means the 26th day of September 1980;
3. (c) “ election to a Panchayat Samiti ” means election of a member of a Panchayat Samiti;
4. (d) “ election to a Zilla Parishad ” means election of a Councillor of a ‘Zilla Parishad;
5. (e) “ the principal Act ” means the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961;
6. (f) “ Zilla Parishad ” means the Osmanabad Zilla Parishad or the Parbhani Zilla Parishad, as the case may be;
7. (g) words and expressions used in this Act, and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them under the principal Act.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act or any rules, regulations or by-laws made or notifications issued thereunder, on the appointed date, the Osmanabad Zilla Parishad and the Parbhani Zilla Parishad shall stand dissolved.
2. (2) When a Zilla Parishad is so dissolved, the following consequences shall ensue, that is to say,—
   • (a) all Councillors and members of Panchayat Samitis, Standing Committee, Subjects Committees or other Committees, if any, shall, from the appointed date, vacate their offices as such Councillors or members;
   • (b) all powers and duties of the Zilla Parishad, the Panchayat Samitis, the Standing Committee or Subjects Committees or other Committees during the period from the appointed date upto, and inclusive of [UNCERTAIN: 30th June 1981] or such earlier date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. (hereinafter in this Act [ILLEGIBLE] ... [ILLEGIBLE] ... to time, appoint in
   • (c) the person appointed under clause
   • (b) shall continue in office, until the first meeting of the reconstituted Zilla Parishad, at which there is a quorum;
   • (d) the person appointed under clause
   • (b) may delegate any of his powers or duties to an individual or to a committee or sub-committee.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act or any rules, regulations or by-laws made or notifications issued thereunder, during the said period, no general election to the Zilla Parishad or any Panchayat Samiti shall be held.

Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, on a date (being a date before the expiry of the said period) to be notified by the State Government in the Official Gazette, arrangements shall be made by the Collectors and other officers concerned to constitute new Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis in accordance with the provisions of the principal Act and the rules made thereunder, before, or as soon as possible after, the expiration of the said period.

Except as otherwise provided by or under this Act, the provisions of the principal Act shall in all other respects apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis concerned.

If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, as occasion arises, by order, do anything which appears to it to be necessary for the purpose of removing the difficulty.

1. (1) Dissolution of Osmanabad and Parbhani Zilla Parishads and Temporary Postponement of Elections Ordinance, 1980, is hereby repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken (including any notification or order issued) under the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done, taken or issued, as the case may be, under the corresponding provisions of this Act.