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(1) Each Standing Committee shall consist of such th< standing number of members not exceeding five including the Chair- committce. m a n a s Spe cjfled by the Zilla Parishad and elected by the members of the Zilla Parishad from amongst its members whose terms will be one year at a time. I 6.18, THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY, 6 1994 (2) The President of the Zilla Parishad shall be the Chairman of the General Standing Committee and the Finance and Audit Committee. (3) The other Standing Committees shall elect the Chairman from among their members. (4) No member of the Zilla Parishad shall be eligi ble to serve on more than two Standing Committees. (5) The Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad shall be the Ex-officio Secretary of the General Standing Committee and the Finance, Audit and Planning Com mittee and he shall nominate one of the Deputy Secret aries as Ex-officio Secretary for each of the remaining Standing Committees. The Chief Executive Officer shall be entitled to attend the meetings of all the Standing Com- t '; mittees. • - ■ ■ ■ sm rC <ii"’ ° r (1) The General Standing Committee shall perform functions relating to the establishment matters and functions relating to communications buildings, rural housing, village extensions, relief against natural calamities, Rural Develop ment Programme of Government of India and alied matters and all miscelleneous residuary matters. (2) The Finance and Audit Committee shall perform the functions relating to— (a) the finance of the Zilla Parishad, framing of budgets, scrutinizing proposals for increase of revenue, examination of receipts and expenditure, consideration of proposals effecting the finance of the Zilla Prishad and general supervision < f the revenue and expenditure of the Zilla Parishad; (b) the Plan priorities, allocation of outlays to deve lopments, horizontal and vertical linkages, implemantation of guidelines issued by Government, regular review of pla nning programmes, evaluation of important programmes and small saving schemes. (3) The Social Justice Committee shall perform func tions relating to— THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY, 6, 1994 649 (a) promotion of educational, economic, social, cul tural and other interests of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes; (b) protecting them from social injustice and all other forms of exploitation; (c) amelioration of the difficulties of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes; (d) securing social justice tc the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, women and other weaker sections of the society I (4) The Planning and Development Committee shall perform the following functions— (a) be incharge of all educational activities of the Zilla Parishad; (b) undertake the planning of education in the district within the frame work of the Naticnal Policy and the National and State Plan; (c) survey and evaluate the educational activity of the Zilla Parishad; (d) perform such other duties pertaining to education, adult literacy and cultural activity as the Zilla Parishad may assign to it; (e) Health Service, Hospitals, Water Supply, Family, Welfare and other allied matters ; (f) agricultural production, animal husbandry, coopera tion, contour buniding and reclamation ; (g) village and cottage industries ; (h) promotion of industrial development of the district. Pciw’ r s 'a n f $4. 0) The Standing Committees shall perform the fwXnsto functions referred to in sub-sections (1), (2), (3) and (4) Stand i n g Cmmittw. 650 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, M AY, 6, 1994 of Section 83 to the extent the powers are delegated to them by th® Zilla Parishad. (21 The Committees shall perform, in respect of matters assigned to them, such additional duties as may be prescribed C o m S tree8 o f 8 5 - 0 ) T he Zilla Parishad may frame regulations relating omm ees-to ele ctjo n of members of Committees, conduct of business therein, and all other matters relating to them. (2) The Chairman of every Committee shall in respect of the work of that Committee be entitled to call for any information, return, statement or report from the Zilla Parishad and to enter in and inspect any immovable pro perty of the Zilla Parishad or any work in progress con cerning the Committee. (3) Each Committee shall be entitled to require atten dance at its meetings any Officer of the Zilla Parishad who is concerned with the work of the Committee* The Chief Executive Officer shall under instruction of the Committee, issue notices and secure the attendance of the officer* plwers1Iontof 86- ^ le Zilla Parishad may by notification delegate chief Exccu-to the Chief Executive Officer or other officers any of the and °®herPo w e r s c o nfe i"r e d by or under this Act, on the Zilla officers. Parishad. to Squire hoH 8 7 ' (1) A Zilla Parishad shall nave the power to acquire, and dispjsehold or dispose of property and to enter into contracts: gs property. THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY, 6, 1994 651 t Provided that in all cases of acquisition or disposal of im movable property, the Zilla Parishad shall obtain the previous approval of the Government. (2) All roads, buildings or other works r constructed by a Zilla Parishad with its own funds shall vest in it. ;IN (3) The Government may allocate to a Zilla Parishad any Public property situated within its jurisdiction, and there upon, such property shall vest in and come under the control of the Zilla Parishad. (4) Where a Zilla Parishad requires land to carry out any of the purposes of this Act, it may negotiate with the person or persons having interest in the said land, and if it fails to reach an agreement, it may make an application to the Deputy Commissioner for the acquisitions of the land and the Deputy Commissioner may, if he is satisfied that the land is required for a public purpose, take steps to acquire the land under the provisions of the Land Acquisition Act, and such land shall, on acquisition, vest in the Zilla Parishad. Power to di-