section 6
Issuance of Woman Farmer Certificate in Nagar Panchayat area
The Maharashtra Women Farmers Empowerment Act, 2026General202619 sections
Statutory text
- (1) Any woman who is a farmer within the jurisdiction of the Nagar Panchayat may make an application to the Designated Officer for being recognised as a woman farmer and for obtaining a Woman Farmer Certificate, in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
- (2) The Designated Officer shall place all the applications received under sub-section
- (1) before the Nagar Panchayat at its next ordinary meeting.
- (3) The Nagar Panchayat shall, upon applications placed before it under sub-section (2), after considering whether each applicant has been carrying out at least one of the activities as referred to in clauses
- (a) and
- (d) of section 2 of the Act, pass a resolution either accepting or rejecting such application: Provided that in case of rejection of any such application, the Nagar Panchayat shall provide, in writing, the reasons for such rejection in the resolution.
- (4) Where the Nagar Panchayat, by its resolution under sub-section (3), recognises an applicant as a woman farmer, the Designated Officer shall, within a period of fifteen days from the date of passing of such resolution, issue a Woman Farmer Certificate, in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
- (5) Where the Nagar Panchayat, by its resolution under sub-section (3), refuses to recognise an applicant as a woman farmer, the Designated Officer shall, within a period of seven days from the date of passing of the resolution, inform the applicant in writing of,-
- (a) the reasons for such rejection as specified in Nagar Panchayat resolution;
- (b) the period within which an appeal against such rejection may be preferred; and
- (c) the particulars of the Appellate Officer before whom an appeal may be filed.
- (6) Any person aggrieved by,-
- (a) the resolution of the Nagar Panchayat rejecting an application to recognise a woman farmer under sub-section
- (3) may, within a period of one-hundred and twenty days from the date of such resolution, or
- (b) the failure of the designated officer to issue a Woman Farmer Certificate within the time period specified under sub-section
- (4) may, after the expiry of such period and within a period of one-hundred and twenty days thereof, may prefer an appeal to the Appellate Officer, in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
- (7) The Appellate Officer shall, on receipt of an appeal, after giving the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard, consider and dispose of such appeal with a reasoned order, within a period of thirty days from the date of its filing: Provided that, the Appellate Officer may admit an appeal after the expiry of the period of one-hundred and twenty days if he is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing an appeal within the said period.
- (8) Where the Appellate Officer, upon hearing the appeal, is of the opinion that the appellant is a woman farmer then he shall direct the Designated Officer to issue a Woman Farmer Certificate to the appellant within a period of fifteen days from the date of order.
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