Revival of removal proceedings

B.

1. (1) Where any proceeding which was initiated under section 40-A against any person holding office as Chairman or Vice-chairman of a Panchayat Samiti could not be finalised due to the vacation of the office by the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, by resignation or otherwise and the said person is found to be holding office as Chairman or Vice-Chairman of that Panchayat Samiti during the term in which he so vacated or during the succeeding term, the State Government may direct revival of the said proceedings, whereupon the said proceedings shall be proceeded with from the stage it had reached by the date of vacation of the office by the Chairman or the Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, and disposed of in accordance with the provisions of the said section : Provided that the Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, against whom a proceeding is revived shall not be liable to be suspended from his office as such.
2. (2) No person removed from the office of Chairman or Vice-Chairman, as a result of the proceedings so revived shall, for a period of four years from the date of the removal, be eligible to hold any of the said offices.