Election and term of office of Councillors, etc.

1. (1) The Councillors shall be elected in the manner provided by or under this Act.
2. (2) The term of office of Councillors shall, except as otherwise provided in this Act be 1[five years] : Provided that, persons who are Councillors by virtue of their being Chairman of a Panchayat Samiti 2[* * *] shall hold office so long only as they continue to hold the office of such Chairman.
   • • * * * * * * * 4[(3) The Councillors of a Zilla Parishad constituted upon its dissolution before the expiration of its duration under sub-section (2) shall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the Councillors of the dissolved Zilla Parishad would have continued under sub-section (2) had it not been so dissolved.] 5[(4) The term of the office of the nominated Councillor shall be co-terminus with the duration of the Zilla Parishad.] 6[10-1A. Nomination of Councillors.— (1) After election of President, the Collector shall call a special meeting for the purpose of nominating Councillors.
3. (2) The nomination of the Councillors under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 9 shall be made in the prescribed manner.
4. (3) The meeting called under sub-section (1) shall be presided over by the Collector or such officer as the Collector may by order in writing appoint in this behalf. The Collector or such officer when presiding over such meeting shall have the same powers as the President of the Zilla Parishad when presiding over a meeting of the Zilla Parishad has, but shall have no right to vote : Provided that, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, for regulating the procedure at meetings (including the quorum required thereat), the Collector or the officer presiding over such meeting may, for reasons which in his opinion are sufficient, refuse to adjourn such meeting.
5. (4) While nominating the Councillors, the Collector shall take into account the relative strength of recognized parties or registered parties or groups and nominate Councillors, as nearly as may be, in proportion to the strength of such parties or groups in the Zilla Parishad after consulting the leader of each such party or group: These words were substitued for the words “six years” by Mah. 4 of 1992, s. 2. The words “or of a Co-operative Society” were deleted by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 35(1)(a). The second, third and fourth provisos were deleted by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 35(1)(b). This sub-section was substituted for sub-sections (3) to (7), by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 35(2). Sub-section (4) was added by Mah. 17 of 2026 , s. 3. Section 10-1A was inserted by Mah. 17 of 2026, s. 4.

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Samitis Act, 1961 Provided that, for the purpose of deciding the relative strength of the recognized parties or registered parties or groups under this sub-section, the recognized parties or registered parties or groups, or elected Councillor not belonging to any such party or group, may, notwithstanding anything contained in the Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986 (Mah. XX of 1987), within a period of not more than three months from the date of notification of election results, form the aghadi or front, and, on its registration, the provisions of the said Act shall apply to the members of such aghadi or front, as it is a pre-poll aghadi or front.

1. (5) The names of the nominated Councillors shall also be published by the State Election Commission in the Official Gazette.]