Structure and incorporation of Kshettra Panchayat

Structure and incorporation of Kshettra Panchayat (50) “Up-nagar Pramukh” means Vice chairman in case of nagar panchayat in nagar panchayat area, Vice chairman of municipality in municipality area and deputy mayor of municipal corporation in municipal corporatio area. (1) Division of rural areas into Khands- The State Government shall by notification in the Gazette divide the rural area of each district into Khands specifying each Khand by a name and the limits or constituents of its area and may likewise change the names or make modifications in the areas and limits of the Khands by including therein or excluding therefrom areas or create new Khands. (2) When any area is excluded from one Khand and included in another under sub-section (1), such area shall cease to subject to the jurisdiction of the Kshettra Panchayat of the Khand from which it has been excluded and become subject to the jurisdiction of the Kshettra Panchayat of the khand in which it has been included and to the rules, notifications, orders, directions and notices applicable thereto and the State Government may place at the disposal of such Kshettra Panchayat such portion of asset of the Kshettra Panchayat from whose jurisdiction the area has been excluded as it may deem proper and may make such temporary orders and direction as it may consider necessary to effectuate the change: Provided that where the area excluded from the one Khand is included in a new Khand having no Kshettra Panchayat constituted thereof, then until a Kshettra Panchayat is constituted for the new Khand, the Kshettra Panchayat of the Khand from which that area has been excluded, shall continue to exercise. Jurisdiction in that area, and anything done or any action taken including any appointment or delegation made, notification, order or direction issued, rule, regulation, form bye-laws or scheme, order or direction, permit or licence granted or registration effected under the provisions of this Act in respect of such area by such Kshettra Panchayat, shall with respect to the new Khand, be deemed to have been done by the new Kshettra Panchayat under the provisions of this Act and shall continue in force accordingly until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. (3) There shall be a Kshettra Panchayat for every Khand bearing the name of that Khand and constituted as hereinafter provided. A Kshettra Panchayat shall consist of a Pramukh, who shall be its presiding one Senior Up Pramukh and Junior Up Pramukh, which shall be constituted by-