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Validity of proceedings.- (1) No disqualification or defect in the election or appointment of any person acting as member or as the Adhyaksha of Taluk Panchayat or presiding authority of a general or special meeting or of a chairman or member of the committee appointed under this Act, shall be deemed to vitiate any act or proceeding of the Taluk Panchayat or of any such committee as the case may be, in which such person has taken part, whenever the majority who were parties to such act or proceeding, were entitled to act. (2) No resolution of a Taluk Panchayat or of any Committee appointed under this Act shall be deemed invalid on account of any irregularity in the service of notice upon any member provided that the proceedings of the Taluk Panchayat or committee, were not prejudicially affected by such irregularity. (3) Until the contrary is proved every meeting of a Taluk Panchayat or of a committee constituted under this Act, in respect of proceedings whereof a minute has been made and signed in accordance with this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held and all the members of the meeting shall be deemed to have been duly qualified and where the proceedings are the proceedings of a committee, such committee shall be deemed to have been duly constituted and to have had the power to deal with the matters referred to in the minute. (4) During any vacancy in a Taluk Panchayat or committee the continuing member or members may act as if no vacancy has occurred. CHAPTER VIII FUNCTIONS, DUTIES AND POWERS OF TALUK PANCHAYAT, ADHYAKSHA AND UPADHYAKSHA FUNCTIONS OF TALUK PANCHAYAT 1[145. Functions of Taluk Panchayat.- (1) The Taluk Panchayat shall perform the functions specified in Schedule II: Provided that where the State Government or Central Government provides funds for the performance of any function specified in Schedule II, the Taluk Panchayat shall perform such functions in accordance with the guidelines or norms laid down for performance of such function. 115 (2) Notwithstanding anything contrary contained in sub-section (1) or Schedule II, it shall be obligatory on the part of the Taluk Panchayat, in so for as the Taluk Panchayat fund at its disposal will allow, to make reasonable provision within the area under its jurisdiction in respect of the following matters, namely:- (i) construction and augmentation of water supply works to the level of not less than forty liters per capita for day; (ii) filing half yearly report regarding the activities of Grama Panchayats within the taluk regarding,- (a) holding of Grama Sabha; (b) maintenance of Water supply works; (c) construction of individual and community latrine; (d) collection and revision of taxes, rates and fees; (e) payment of electricity charges; (f) enrollment in schools; (g) progress of immunisation. (iii) providing adequate number of class rooms and maintaining primary school buildings in proper condition including water supply and sanitation; (iv) acquiring land for locating the manure pits away from the dwelling houses in the villages.] 1