Executive Committee

Executive Committee. - There shall be a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer and a Secretary in each Village Council and the executive functions of the Village Council shall be vested upon them.

1. (1) The President, the Vice President and the Treasurer of the Village Council shall be elected by the members of the Village Council from amongst themselves by a majority votes.
2. (2) There shall be a Secretary of the Village Council who shall be appointed or dismissed by the State Government on the recommendation of the executive body of the Village Council.
3. (3) The President may at any time by writing under his hand, submit his resignation to the State Government and until the State Government accepts the resignation he shall continue to work as such.
4. (4) If for any reason, the office of the President becomes vacant, the duties of the office of the President shall be performed by the Vice President.
5. (5) The Vice President and the Treasurer may, at any time, in writing under his hand, submit his resignation to the President who shall, without delay, forward to the State Government or to an officer authorised by it in this behalf, for acceptance, and until the resignation is accepted, he shall continue to function as such. When the resignation is accepted, the members of the Village Council shall elect another member as Vice President or Treasurer as the case may be.
6. (6) The President, the Vice President, the Treasurer and the Members of a Village Council shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 2
7. (25) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and section 2
   • (c) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
8. (7) If the majority of members demand reshuffling of the executive committee of the Village Council and if such report is received in writing by the State Government, the procedure given in sub-section
9. (1) and
10. (6) of this section shall be applied.