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Meetings of Zilla Panchayat.- (1) A Zilla Panchayat shall hold a meeting for the transaction of business at least once in two months (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ordinary meeting) and shall subject to the provisions of the following sub-sections, make 134 regulations not inconsistent with this Act, or with any rules made thereunder with respect to the day, hour, notice, management and adjournment of its meetings and generally with respect to the transaction of business thereto. Every meeting of the Zilla Panchayat shall ordinarily be held at the headquarters of the Zilla Panchayat. (2) (a) The date of the first meeting of the Zilla Panchayat after the first constitution or reconstitution, 1[or the date of subsequent meeting for the purpose of election of Adhyaksha or Upadhyaksha as the case may be] 1 shall be fixed by the Commissioner who shall preside at such meeting 2[the date of each subsequent ordinary meeting shall be decided by the Adhyaksha and he shall inform the same at the immediately preceding meeting]2 of the Zilla Panchayat, provided that the Adhyaksha of Zilla Panchayat may for sufficient reasons, alter the date of the meeting to a subsequent date. The Adhyaksha may, whenever he thinks fit and shall, upon the written request of not less than one-third of the total number of members and on a date within fifteen days from the receipt of such request, call a special meeting. Such request shall specify the object for which the meeting is proposed to be called. If the Adhyaksha fails to call a special meeting, the Upadhyaksha or one-third of the total number of members of the Zilla Panchayat may call the special meeting for a day not more than fifteen days after presentation of such request and require the Chief Executive Officer to give notice to the members and to take such action as may be necessary to convene the meeting.