The person so elected shall take office forthwith and shall hold office for the an expired term of office of his predecessor.

Removal of member of Zilla Panchayat

1. (1) The prescribed authority may, after giving opportunity to a member of a Zilla Panchayat other than an ex-officio member to show cause against the action proposed to be taken against him, by order remove him from office if
   • (a) after his election he is convicted by a criminal court of an offence involving moral turpitude and punishable with imprisonment for a period of more than six months; or
   • (b) he was disqualified to be a member of the Zilla Panchayat at the time of his election; or
   • (c) he incurs any of the disqualifications mentioned in clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (h), or
   • (j) of section 9 after his election as a member of the Zilla Panchayat; or
   • (d) he is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Zilla Panchayat without the leave of the Zilla Panchayat provided he is not an ex-officio member of the Zilla Panchayat.
2. (2) Any member of a Zilla Panchayat who is removed from his office by the prescribed authority under sub-section
3. (1) may, within thirty days from the date of the order, appeal to such authority as the State Government may appoint in this behalf, and, thereupon, the authority so appointed may stay the operation of the order till the disposal of the appeal and may, after giving notice of the appeal to the prescribed authority and after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, modify, set aside or confirm the order.
4. (3) The order passed by such authority on such appeal shall be final.
5. (4) If a member of a Zilla Panchayat referred to in clause
   • (c) of sub-section
6. (2) of section 42 ceases to be the member of the Legislative Assembly of the State he shall cease to be the member of the Zilla Panchayat and the newly elected person shall become the member of the Zilla Panchayat.