Composition of a Panchayat Samiti

(1) A Panchayat Samiti shall consist of –

a) directly elected members from as many territorial constituencies as are determine under Sub-Sec. (2)

b) all members or the Legislative Assembly of the State representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the Panchayat Samiti area;

c) chairpersons of all the Panchayats falling within the Panchayat Samiti:

Provided that the members referred to in Clause (b) and (c) shall have a right to vote in all meetings of the Panchayat Samiti except those for election and removal of the Pradhan or Up-Pradhan.

(2) The State Government shall, in accordance with such rules as may be framed in this behalf, determine the number of territorial constituencies not being less than fifteen for each Panchayat Samiti area and thereupon so divide such area into single member territorial constituencies that the population of each territorial constituency is, so for as practicable, the same throughout the Panchayat Samiti area:

Provided that a Panchayat Samiti area having population not exceeding one lakh shall consist of fifteen constituencies and in case of a Panchayat Samiti area whose population exceeds on lakh, then for every fifteen thousand or part thereof in excess of one lakh, the said number of fifteen shall be increased by two.