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Zilla Panchayat may require the presence of 1[officers of the Government or of any Government committee or company or corporation as may be notified by Government]1 at meetings.- If it shall appear to a Zilla Panchayat that the attendance of any 1[officers of the Government or of any Government committee or company or corporation as may be notified by Government]1 having jurisdiction over an area of a division or circle or less than division or circle and not working under the Zilla Panchayat, is desirable at a meeting of the Zilla Panchayat, the Chief 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.