Composition of Kshettra Panchayat

§6

Summary

1[6. (1) A Kshettra Panchayat shall consist of a Pramukh, who shall be its Chairperson and- (a) all the Pradhans of the Gram Panchayats in the Khand ; (b) elected members, who shall be chosen by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area and for this purpose the Panchayat area shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that, so far as practicable, each territorial constituency shall have a population of two thousand : 2[Provided that in the hill district of Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun, Chamoli or Uttarkashi the State Government may declare an area within a radius of one kilometer (diameter of two kilometers) from the center of the village specified by it in this behalf, to be a territorial constituency though such area may have a population of less than two thousand ; Provided further that in the territorial constituency of a Kshettra Panchayat, no territorial constituency of a constituent Gram Panchayat shall be included in part. ] (c) the members of the House of the people and the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the Khand ; (d) The members of the Council of States and the members of the State Legislative Council who are registered as electors within the Khand. (2) The members of Kshettra Panchayat mentioned in clauses (a), (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) shall be entitled to take part in the proceedings and vote at the meetings of the Kshettra Panchayat except in matters of election of, and on a motion of no confidence against, the Pramukh or the Up-Pramukh. (3) Each territorial constituency referred to in clause (b) of subsection (1) shall be represented by one member. 3[(4) Every elected member of the Zila Panchayat representing constituency which comprised, wholly or partly, any Kshettra Panchayat, shall be entitled to take part and express his views in the meetings of such Kshettra Panchayat as a special invitee but shall have no right to vote in such meetings.]

1[6. (1) A Kshettra Panchayat shall consist of a Pramukh, who shall be its Chairperson and- (a) all the Pradhans of the Gram Panchayats in the Khand ; (b) elected members, who shall be chosen by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area and for this purpose the Panchayat area shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that, so far as practicable, each territorial constituency shall have a population of two thousand : 2[Provided that in the hill district of Nainital, Almora, Pithoragarh, Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun, Chamoli or Uttarkashi the State Government may declare an area within a radius of one kilometer (diameter of two kilometers) from the center of the village specified by it in this behalf, to be a territorial constituency though such area may have a population of less than two thousand ; Provided further that in the territorial constituency of a Kshettra Panchayat, no territorial constituency of a constituent Gram Panchayat shall be included in part. ] (c) the members of the House of the people and the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly the Khand ; (d) The members of the Council of States and the members of the State Legislative Council who are registered as electors within the Khand. (2) The members of Kshettra Panchayat mentioned in clauses (a), (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) shall be entitled to take part in the proceedings and vote at the meetings of the Kshettra Panchayat except in matters of election of, and on a motion of no confidence against, the Pramukh or the Up-Pramukh. (3) Each territorial constituency referred to in clause (b) of subsection (1) shall be represented by one member. 3[(4) Every elected member of the Zila Panchayat representing constituency which comprised, wholly or partly, any Kshettra Panchayat, shall be entitled to take part and express his views in the meetings of such Kshettra Panchayat as a special invitee but shall have no right to vote in such meetings.]

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