Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Procedure of Committees.- (1) Subject to the provision of section 187 the Zila Parishad may frame bye laws relating to election 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 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH PANCHAYATI RAJ ACT, 1994 61 report from the officers of the Zila Parishad and to enter on and inspect any immovable property of the Zila Parishad or any work in progress concerning the committee. (3) Each committee shall be entitled to require attendance at its meetings of any officer of the Zila Parishad who is connected with the work of the Committee. The Secretary shall under instructions of the Committee, issue notices and secure the attendance of the officer. 1[CHAPTER-VI-A SPECIAL PROVISONS RELATING TO THE GRAM PANCHAYATS, PANCHAYAT SAMITIS AND ZILA PARISHADS LOCATED IN THE SCHEDULED AREAS. 97-A. Application of this Chapter.- (1) The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads constituted in the scheduled areas in the state. (2) The provisions of this Chapter shall prevail over anything inconsistent therewith elsewhere in this Act. 97-B. Declaration of village in scheduled areas.- For the purposes of section 3, a village shall ordinarily consist of a habitation or a group of habitations or a hamlet or a group of hamlets thereof comprising a community or communities and managing their affairs in accordance with traditions and customs. 97-C. Functions of Gram Sabha.- (1) Every Gram Sabha shall be competent to safeguard and preserve the traditions and customs of the people, their cultural identity, community resources and without detriment to any law for the time being in force, the customary mode of dispute resolution. (2) Every Gram Sabha shall,- (i) approve plans, programmes and projects for social and economic development before such plans, programmes and projects are taken up for implementation by the Gram Panchayat, at the village level; (ii) be responsible for the identification or selection of persons as beneficiaries under poverty alleviation and other programmes. (3) Every Gram Panchayat shall obtain from the Gram Sabha, a certification of utilization of funds by that Panchayat for the plans, programmes and project referred to in sub-section (2). 97-D. Reservation of seats of office bearer in Panchayats.- The reservation of seats in the scheduled areas to every Gram Panchayat and Panchayat Samiti shall be in proportionate to the population of the