Removal of Sabhapati and Up-Sabhapati

A Sabhapati or an Up-Sabhapati of a Gram Panchayat may, at any time, be removed from office by a resolution of the Gram Panchayat carried by the majority of the members of the Gram Panchayat present at a meeting specially convened for the purpose. Notice of such meeting shall be given to the prescribed authority: Provided that at any such meeting while any resolution for the removal of

1. (i) the Sabhapati from his office is under consideration; or
2. (ii) the Up-Sabhapati from his office is under consideration, he shall not, though present, preside at such meeting and the provisions of sub-section

1. (4) of section 13 shall apply in relation to any such meeting as they apply in relation to a meeting from which the Sabhapati or, as the case may be, the Up-Sabhapati, is absent.