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(1) The Chief Commissioner may by notification Establish- in the official gazette divide the entire area of the State into ment and Gam Sabha areas each comprising one or more contiguous IncflrpO' reveme villages for the purposes of this Act and may by g n notification alter the boundaries of any area so norified: and Gaon "Provided that such areas shall not include any area to Sabha Area. which the B l h i Panchayat Raj Act, 1954, does not extend.] (2) There shall be established for each Gaon Sabha Area and from such date or dates and by such name as may be prescribed, a Gaon having perpetual succession which shaq, be a body corporate and subject to any other enact- '?or the Delhi Land Reforms Rules 1954, see Notification No. F. 3(16)/54-GA&R, ated the 11th November, 1954; Delh~ State Gazette, Part V, dated 20-1-1955, p. 27. *Subs. by s. E5 of Central Act 4 of 1959, for "original proviro." 1 112 i I i . The Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954 1 I (Chapter V-Gaon Snbha and Gmn ~anchaiat) ment vested with the capacity of suing and being sued in its corporate name of acquiring, holding, administering and transferring property, both movable and immovable, and of entering into contracts. '[(3) If the whole of a Gaon Sabha area ceases to be included in rural areas as defined in the Delhi Municipal I Corporation Act, 1957, by virtue of a notification under ~ section 507 of that Act, the Gaon Sabha constituted for that area shall thereupon stand dissolved and on such dissolu- tion,- (a) all properties, movable and immovable, and all interests of whatsoever nature and kind therein in- cluding moneys held in Gaon Sabha Area Fund, vested in the Gaon Sabha immediately before such dissolution. shall, with all rights of whatsoever description, used, enjoyed or possessed by such Gaon Sabha, vest in the Central Government; (b) all duties, obligations and liabilities incurred, all contracts entered into and all matters and things- engaged to be done by, with or for the Gaon Sab!:a before such dissolution shall be deem~d to have been insnlrred, entered into or engaged to be done with or for the Central Government; (c) all rates, taxes, cesses, fees. rcnts and other charges due to the Gaon Sabha i5~mesliateIy before such dissoluticn shall be deemed to be ?ue to the C~ntral Government; (d) all suits, prosecutions and other lega! groceed- ings instituted or which might have been instituted by w against the Gaon Sabha may be continued or insri- tuted by or against the Union of India; (e) the provisions of this Act shall apply in rela- . tion to lands in such Gaon Sabha area, not being lands vested in the Central Government clause (a), sub- ject to the modification that references therein to Gaon Sabha and Gaon Panchayat shall bz construed as re- ferences to the Central Government; (f) notwithstanding anything contained in clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 1, the provisions of sections 84, 85, 86, 86A and 87 and any other provi- sion of this Act relating to ejectment oC persons shall ap- ply in relation to lands vested in the Central Govern- ment under clause (a) subject to the modification that references therein to Gaon Sabha and G a w Panchayat shall be construed as references to the Central Gov- unment . 'Ins. by s. 23 of Central Act 38 of 1965 (w.e.f. 7-4-1958). The Dehi Land Reforms Act, 1954 113 (Chapter V - 4 a o n Sabh and Gmn Pmhayat) (4) If only a prtion of a Gaon Sabha area ceases to be included in rural areas as aforesaid the jurisdiction of the Gaon Sabha constituted for that area shall cease in respect of that portion and upon such cesser, the provisions of clause (a) to (f) d sub-section (3) shall apply to that por- tion as if the Gaon Sabha had been constituted for that portion alone and dissolved, subject to such incidental and consequential orders as the Chief Commissioner may deem necessary to make. (5) If the size of a Gaon Sabha is reduced as a result of a prtion thereof ceasing to be included in rural areas as aforesaid and the Chief Commissioner is of the opinion that the size of the Gaon Sabha area is not sufficiently large to be under the jurisdiction of a separate Gaon Sabha, he may. by notification in the OfEcial Gazette, declare that such Gaon Sabha area shall, from a date to be specified in the notification, cease to be a separate Gaon Sabha area and the Gaon Sabha constituted there for shall stand dis- sblved and may direct that the said area shall be included in one or more adjoining Gaon Sabha areas. and thereupon blc the provisions of section 3 of the Delhi Panchayat Raj Act, 3 of 1955. $954, shall, so far as may be, apply.] '[151. (1) All persons registered by virtue of the pro- Membership visicns of the Constitution and the Representation of the ~ ~ ~ ~ People Act, 1950, as voters in so much of the electoral roll Constitution for any parliamentary ccnstituency for the time being in of Gaon forre as relates to a Gaon Sabha Area shall be the nlem- Pancha~aL t'uers of the Gaon Sabha for that area. Exp1mmtion.-In this sub-section, the expression "Par- liamentary constituency" has the meaning assigned to it under the Representation of tle People Act, 1950. (2) Every Gaon Sabha shall have an executive body to be known as the Gaon Panchayat. (3) A Gaon Panchayat shall consist of a Pradhan and such number d panches, not less than four and not nor$ than ten, as the Chief Commissioner may fix from time to time in this behalf. ' (4) The Pradhan and the panches shall be elected by the members of the Gam Sabha from among themselves. (5) The Chief Commissioner shall, by order in the Offi- cial Gazette, determine the number of seats, if any. reserv- ed for women and the Scheduled Castes in each Gaon Panchayat : Provided that the number of seats so reserved for the Scheduled Castes shall bear as nearly as may be the same proportion to the total number of seats in the Gaon Pan- chayat as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the 'area d the Gaon Sabha bears to the total population of - such area3 - %bs- by s. 16 of CcntraI Act 4 of 1959, for "original section". T'e Ddhi h d Rei#~rm Adv 1954 (Chapter V - G a Stzbha md Gmn Panchayat) Up-Pradhan 15% The Chid Commissioner shall arrange for the and office e l d o n of the U p h d h a n by the members of the Gaon bearers .Pz,n&ayat f r m amongst themselves and for the appint- of Gaon men1 a£ such other officers or office bearers d the Gaon Panchayat. Panchayat as may be prescribed. Disqualifica- No person shdl be entitled to be or remain a mem- tion for k r of the G m Panchayat, if he- membership ' of the 1 Goan (a) '[ceases to be a member of the Gaon Sabha Panchayat. 4 4, . (b) is suffering from leprosy; or I (c) is an undischarged insolvent; or k (d) is a servant of the Government; or 1 (e) is convicted of an &Fence involving moral tur- pitude or ordered to give security far good behavjour under section 110 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1 898 : Prolrided that the disqualifications under clause (c) or (e} may be removed by an order of the Chief Commissioner or the prescribed authority. vesting of