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Taluk Panchayat may require the presence of 1[officers of the Government or of any Government committee, company or corporation involved in rural development as notified by government]1 at meetings.- If it shall appear to a Taluk Panchayat that the attendance of any 1[officers of the Government or of any Government committee, company or corporation involved in rural development as notified by government]1 having jurisdiction over an area of a district or less than a district and not working under the Taluk Panchayat, is desirable at a meeting of the Taluk Panchayat, the Executive Officer shall by a letter addressed to such officer not less than fifteen days before the intended meeting, request that officer to be present at the meeting and the officer shall, unless prevented by sickness or other reasonable cause, attend the meetings: Provided that the officer on receipt of such letter may if he for any of the causes aforesaid is unable to be present thereat himself, instruct his deputy or other competent subordinate officer to represent him at the meeting.