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

Section 73: Representation of 1[Gram Panchayat]

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) In any suit or other proceedings under this Code, the 1[Gram Panchayat] shall be represented —

(a) in proceeding before the Collector or in a civil court, by the District Government Counsel (Revenue) ;

(b) in proceeding before the commissioner, by the Divisional Government Counsel (Revenue) ; and

(c) in proceeding before the Board of the High Court, by the separate Standing Counsels (Revenue) of Lucknow or Allahabad, as the case may be.

(2) Nothing in this Chapter shall preclude the State Government or the collector from appointing special counsel for the conduct of any suit or proceeding to which any 2[Gram Panchayat] is part on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by sec. 2(a) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.
  2. 2.Subs. by sec. 58 (c) of U. P. Act no. 04 of 2016.

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