Section 162

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(1) In every Panchayats standing committees as stated below shall be constituted namely:-- (a) In a Village Panchayat ( 1) Standing Committee for finance (2) Standing Committee for development (3) Standing Committee for Welfare [(4) Standing Committee for Health and Education] (b) In a Block Panchayat (1) Standing Committee for Finance (2) Standing Committee for Development (3) Standing Committee for Welfare [(4) Standing Committee for Health and Education] (c) In a District Panchayat (1) Standing Committee for Finance (2) Standing Committee for Development (3) Standing Committee for public Works (4) Standing Committee for Health and Education (5) Standing Committee for Welfare 1. Inserted by Act 31 of 1999 w.e.f 07/10/1999. 61A[(2) Every Standing Committee shall consist of such number of members including its Chairman as prescribed and one of the seats of members to be elected in every Standing Committee shall be reserved for women as per sub-section (4), and all elected members of the Panchayat except the President and the Vice-President shall be elected as members of any of the Standing Committees.] 61B[(3)x x x x] (4) In every standing committee there shall be members elected by the elected members of the Panchayat from among themselves under the proportional representation system by single transferable vote and a member shall not be a member of more than one Standing committee at a time. 61C[(4a) The members to be elected to each Standing Committee shall be elected under the guidance, supervision and control of the State Election Commission as prescribed and the State Election Commission shall designate or nominate thereto an officer of the Government or Local Self Government Institution to be the Returning Officer.] (5) The Chairman of every standing committee, except the standing committee for finance, shall be elected by the members of the respective standing committee from among themselves. 61D[(5a) (i) In a Panchayat where the office of the Vice-President is reserved for women, the office of the Chairman of a Standing Committee except that of the Standing Committee for Finance and in a Panchayat where the office of Vice-President is not reserved for women, the offices of Chairmen of the two Standing Committees except the Standing Committee for Finance, shall be reserved for women: Provided that in the case of District Panchayat where the office of the Vice-Presidsnt is reserved for women, offices of the Chairman of two Standing Committees except the Standing Committee for Finance, and where the office of the Vice-President is not reserved for women, the offices of the Chairman of the three Standing Committees except the Standing Committee for Finance, shall be reserved for women. (ii) The State Election Commission shall after each General Election, distribute the offices of Chairmen of the Standing Committees reserved among the different Standing. Committees by rotation, in the order of the Standing Committees specified in sub-section (1) of Section 162. (5b) The Chairman of any other Standing Committee except the Standing Committee for Finance shall be elected under the guidance, supervision and control of the State Election Commission as prescribed and the State Election Commission shall designate or nominate thereto an officer of the Government or Local Self Government Institution to be the Returning Officer.] (6) The Vice-President shall be an ex-officio member and Chairman of the Standing Committee for finance and the President shall be an ex-officio member of all Standing Committees without the right to vote. (7) A member other than an ex-officio member of a Standing Committee and the Chairman of a Standing Committee other than the Standing Committee for finance may resign the membership or chairmanship of a Standing Committee as the case may be by tendering resignation to the Secretary in the prescribed form and the resignation shall take effect from the date on which it was received by the Secretary and the Secretary shall inform the fact immediately to the President and the Panchayat 61E[and the State Election Commission]. (8) The person who resigns the membership of chairmanship of the standing committee shall give in person or send through registered post his resignation where such resignation letter is attested by a gazetted officer, as the case may be his resignation to the Secretary and the Secretary shall acknowledge receipt of the same. (9) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the term of the Chairman of a Standing Committee or its member shall co-exist with the term of that Panchayat. (10) An election to fill up casual vacancy of the member of a Standing Committee shall be conducted within thirty days of the occurrence of that vacancy: Provided that where the vacancy in a Standing committee could not be filled up due to the vacancy of a member of Panchayat, the vacancy of Standing Committee shall be filled up within thirty days from the date of filling up of the vacancy of the member of Panchayat. (11) If a casual vacancy of the Chairman of a Standing Committee other than the Standing Committee for finance arises on of its members shall be elected as its chairman in the next meeting of the standing committee. (12) A motion of non-confidence on the chairman of the standing committee other than the standing committee for finance may be moved subject to the prescribed provisions and procedures and if such a motion is passed with the support of not less than the majority of the members of the Standing Committee the Chairman of that Standing. Committee shall cease to hold office and he shall be deemed to have vacated the office of the chairman of the Standing Committee immediately. Section 162 substituted by Sections 162, 162A&162B by Act 13 of 1999, w.e.f. 01/10/2000. Substituted by Act 31 of 2009 dt,07/10/2009.Prior to the substitution it reads as under: (2) Every standing committee shall consist of such number of members, including its chairman as decided by the Panchayat, so that all other elected members except the President and Vice-President shall be elected as a member in any of the standing committee and the number of members elected to each standing committee shall, as far as possible, be equal. Omitted by Act 31 of 2009 dt.07/10/2009. Inserted by Act 31 of 2009 dt.07/10/2009. Inserted by Act 31 of 2009 dt.07/10/2009. Added by Act 31 of 2009 dt.07/10/2009.