Election of Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Panchayat Samitis.

11[(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (4), every Panchayat Samiti shall be presided over by the Chairman who shall be elected by, and from amongst, the members of the Panchayat Samiti.]

These words were added by Mah. 21 of 1968, s. 5(a). Sub-section (2) was deleted by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 57(2). Sub-section (3) was substituted by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 21. These words were inserted by Mah. 43 of 1964, s. 10. This section was inserted by Mah. 16 of 2010, s. 6. These words were substituted for the words “the Chairman” by Mah. 21 of 1968, s. 6. This portion was substituted for the portion beginning with the words “the Collector” and ending with the word “co-option” by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 58(1). The words, brackets and figures “or to the Collector in case of the nominated members appointed under sub-section (2) of section 57,” were deleted by Mah. 4 of 2002, s. 7, w.e.f. 31-10-2001. The words “or co-opted” were deleted by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 58(2). The second and third provisos were deleted by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 58(3). Sub-section (1) was substituted by Mah. 21 of 1994, s. 59(1).

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Samitis Act, 1961 (2)

1[Subject to the provisions of

2[sub-section] (4), the Panchayat Samiti] shall also elect one of its members

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1. (4) No member of a Panchayat Samiti shall be eligible to be elected as Chairman or Deputy Chairman if he is a Chairman of more than one co-operative society, and if a Chairman or Deputy Chairman is elected as Chairman of more than one cooperative society, the office of the Chairman, or as the case may be, Deputy Chairman of the Panchayat Samiti shall, on the date on which he is so elected, become vacant.
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