Section 11-B UP Panchayat Raj Act: Election of Pradhans

Section 11-B: Election of Pradhans

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 6 of 2017.

Chapter VI (The Nyaya Panchayat), sections 42 to 94-A, is printed only as a heading with the official footnote "Chapter VI comprising sections 42 to 94-A Omitted by sec. 16 of U.P. Act No. 6 of 2017.", so those sections have no pages here.

The marginal headings printed beside each section in this edition are shown as the section headings; sections 37, 37-A, 95-A and 109 carry no marginal heading in this copy.

Marginal references to other enactments (for example "U.P. Act No. I of 1951") printed beside the text are not reproduced.

¹[(1) The Pradhan of the Gram Panchayat shall be elected by the persons registered in the electoral rolls for the territorial constituencies of the Panchayat area from amongst themselves.

(2) If at any general election to a Gram Panchayat, the Pradhan is not elected, and less than two-thirds of the total member of Gram Panchayat are elected, the State Government or an officer authorised by it in this behalf may, by order, either appoint.

(i) an Administrative Committee consisting of such number of persons qualified to be elected as members of the Gram Panchayat, as it may consider proper, or

(ii) an Administrator.

(3) The members of the Administrative Committee or the Administrator shall hold office for such period not exceeding six months as the State Government may specify in the order referred to in sub-section (2).

(4) On the appointment of an Administrative Committee or an Administrator under sub-section (2), the person, if any, chosen as Pradhan or member of the Gram Panchayat before such appointment shall cease to be such Pradhan or member, as the case may be, and all powers, functions and duties of the Gram Panchayat, its Pradhan and Committees shall vest in an be exercised performed and discharged by such Administrative Committee or the Administration as the case may be.

(5) The Administrative Committee or the Administrator shall be deemed to be duly constituted Gram Panchayat for the purposes of this Act :

Provided that if at any time after the appointment of the Administrative Committee or the Adminisrator under sub-section (2), the State Government is satisfied that there is no difficulty in duly constituting the Gram Panchayat the State Government may, notwithstanding that the period for which the Administrative Committee or the Administrator had been appointed has not expired direct the State Election Commission for holding the elections for constituting the Gram Panchayat.

(6) Except as otherwise provided in this act, the term of office of Pradhan shall be coterminus with the term of the Gram Panchayat.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by section 15 of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.