CHAPTER—VIII Management of Land and other Properties by Gram Panchayat or other Local Authority

Section 62: Conduct of suits and legal proceedings

The Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006

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Text as published by India Code for the Government of Uttar Pradesh, with amendments up to U.P. Act No. 20 of 2026.

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(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) and such other conditions as may be prescribed, the Chairman or such members of the Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti as may be authorized in this behalf by such Samiti, may sign any document and do all other things for the proper conduct and prosecution of suits and other proceedings for and on behalf of the ¹[Gram Panchayat].

(2) No suit or other proceedings to which any ¹[Gram Panchayat] is a party shall be compromised or withdrawal on behalf of such ¹[Gram Panchayat], unless such compromise or withdrawal is approved by a resolution of the Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti and prior sanction of the Sub-Divisional Officer is obtained.

Footnotes in the official text

1.Subs. by sec. 2(a) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.

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1. Under Section 62(2) of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code, 2006, a suit to which a Gram Panchayat is a party may be compromised or withdrawn on its behalf only with a resolution of the Bhumi Prabandhak Samiti and the prior sanction of

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