Gram Panchayats—Conduct of Business: Meetings

(1) The meeting of the Gram Panchayat shall be public and shall be held at least once a month at some place within the Gram Panchayat area for which it is established, whenever called by the Sarpanch: Provided that the Sarpanch, when required in writing by a majority of the Panches to call a meeting, shall do so within three days, failing which these Panches may, with the previous approval of the prescribed authority, be entitled to call a meeting after giving a week's notice to the Sarpanch and the other Panches.