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('l) There shallbe constituted atlhe levelof every district a District Planning Committee to consolidiate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the district and to prepare a draft development plan for the distnct as a whole. (2) The District Planning Committee of a distric{ shall consist of such number of members as may be specified against that district in the Schedule. (3) As nearly as but not Iess than, eighty per cent ofthe members shall be elected in the prescribed manner by, and from amongst, the elected members of the Zilla Parishad and Anchal Samities, and Councillors of the Municipalities in the district in proportion to the ratio between the population of the rural areas and ofthe urban areas in the district, and remaining twenty per centof the members shall be as follo/vs :- (a) Deputy Commissioner of the district who shall be the Chairperson ; (b) theAdditional Deputy Commissioner headquarter cum District Panchayat Development Officer of the district, who shall be the Member-Secretiary , and Constitution of a District Planning Committee. 20 (c) five ex-otficio members to be appointed by the Government as under: (r) District Economrc and Statistical Officer. (ii) Proiect Director, DRDA, (iii) Town Planner. (iv) District Planning Officer. (v) Bank Officer. Provided that ne person shall be qualified fornomination as a member under this clause, if he/sh+. (i) b atthe tirne of nominalion, of unsourd mind or a deaf{ub ; or (ii) is bankrupt or insolvent ; or (iii) has been convicted ea ier of an offence involving moral turpitude. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section- (1) the members of Parliament, the members of the Legislative Assembly of the State representing constituencies which comprise wholly or partly any area of the district, Executive Engineer, PHE, Divisional Fo.est Officer, Executive Engineer, PWD, Deputy Direc'tor, Urban Oevelopment, District Horticulture Ofiicer, District Agriculture Officer, Disirict Heatth Offcer, Deputy Director of School Education, Executive Engineer, Powe( Executive Engineer, Water Resource, DLRSO, Executive Engineer, RWD shall be invited to attend the meetings of the Committee as permanent invitees; and (2) the Chairperson of the Committee shall ha/e the pou/ers to invite any person including an expert to attend any meeting of the Committee ; Provided that the members of Parliament and the Legislative Assembly of the State referred to in clause (1) and any person invited under clause (2) shalt not have the right to vote in the meetings of the Committee, butthe views expressed by them shall be recorded in the proceedings of the meeting. 21 Explanation :- For the purposes of this section- (a) "rural areas" means the territorial areas of Panchayats;and (b) "urban areas" means the territorial areas of Municipalities, Nagar Panchayat and notified torrns. (3) [n absence ofthe Chairperson, any member chosen by the members present from amongst themselves, shall preside overlhe meeting of the Committee. (4) The quorum for the meetings of the Commitee shall be one-third oftotal numberof members thereof.