Meetings of Panchayat

Meetings of Panchayat. -

1. (1) Every Panchayat shall meet for the transaction of business at least once in every month at the office of the Panchayat and at such time as the President or Chairman, as the case may be, may determine.
2. (2) The President or Chairman may, whenever he thinks fit, and shall, upon a written request of not less than one-third of the total number of members of the Panchayat or in the case of a Village Panchayat, at the request of the Inspector, call an extraordinary meeting. (3)
   • (a) No business shall be transacted at any meeting unless there be present at such meeting a quorum which shall be one-third of the total number of members of the Panchayat.
   • (b) If at any meeting, there is no quorum, the President or Chairman shall adjourn the meeting to such hour on such other day as he may deem fit and the business set down for the meeting shall be brought forward at the adjourned meeting, and it shall be lawful to dispose of the business at such adjourned meeting notwithstanding that there is no quorum.
3. (4) Every meeting of the Panchayat shall be open to the public unless the presiding member considers that the public should be excluded during the whole or any part of the meeting.