CHAPTER IV Powers, Duties, Functions and Administration of Gram Panchayats

Section 23: Power to enquire and report about the misconduct of certain officials

The Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1947

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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.

On receiving a complaint from any person, residing within the jurisdiction of a ¹[Gram Panchayat] about any misconduct in the discharge of his official duties by any amin, process-server, vaccinator, constable ²[village chaukidar] patwari (patrol and tube-well operator of the Irrigation Department, forest guard, forest chaukidar, teacher of a primary school, pound-keeper, village stockman or peon of any Government, such Panchayat may, if there be prima facie evidence, forward the complaint to the proper authority with its own report. The authority shall, after such further enquiry as may be required take suitable action and inform the ³[Gram Panchayat] of the result.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by sec. 2 of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.
2.Subs. by section 21 of U.P. Act No. 2 of 1955.
3.Subs. by sec. 30 of U.P. Act No. 9 of 1994.

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