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Powers and functions of Chairman of Standing Committee and of Subjects Committee.— (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder by the State Government— (a) the Chairman of the Standing Committee or a Subjects Committee shall— (i) convene, preside at and conduct meetings of the Committee; and (ii) have access to the records of the Committee; (b) the Chairman of any such Committee may, in relation to subjects allotted to the Committee— (i) call for any information, return, statement, account, or report from any officer employed by or holding office under the Zilla Parishad or any servant thereof; and (ii) enter on and inspect any immovable property occupied by the Zilla Parishad, or any institution under the control and management of the Zilla Parishad or any work or development scheme in progress undertaken by the Zilla Parishad or under its direction: Provided that, the Chairman of the Standing Committee may, in relation to any subject allotted to any Subjects Committee, also exercise the powers under this clause. 1 These words were substituted for the words “The Chairman” by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 39(a). 2 This word was substituted for the words “the District” by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 39(b). 3 These words were inserted by Mah. 34 of 1997, s. 11. 4 Section 90A was inserted by Mah. 35 of 1963, s. 40. 78 The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat [1962 : Mah. V Samitis Act, 1961 (2) The Chairman of the Standing Committee may grant leave of absence for any period exceeding two months, but not exceeding four months, to any officer of Class I Service (other than the Chief Executive Officer) or Class II Service holding office under the Zilla Parishad. 1[91A. Power of Government to appoint presiding authorities to exercise powers and perform duties during vacancies.— (1) Pending the election of the President or the Vice-President or of both or the Chairman of any Subjects Committee or during the continuous to absence from the District, or by reason of leave, for a period exceeding thirty days, of any of those presiding authorities, the powers and duties of the presiding authority under this Act in relation to the Standing Committee or any Subjects Committee shall be exercised and performed by such one of those authorities 2[or by an officer] as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify 3[or, as the case may be, appoint] in that behalf. (2) When the President or Vice-President holds the office of any other presiding authority under this section, he shall be entitled to the honorarium attached to such one of those offices only as he may choose.] 4[91B. Power of State Government to authorise officer to exercise powers and perform duties, when offices of all presiding officers are vacant simultaneously.— Where for any reason, at any time, offices of the President, Vice-President and Chairmen of the Subjects Committees become vacant simultaneously, then, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder, pending the election of the new President or the Vice-President, the State Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, authorise the Chief Executive Officer or such other officer as may be specified by it in that behalf,— (a) to exercise all the powers and to perform all the duties of the Zilla Parishads, the Standing Committee and the Subjects Committee and other Committees, including those of the President, Vice-President and Chairmen of the Subjects Committees and other Committees, to the exclusion of the Councillors; or (b) to exercise all the powers and to perform all the duties of the President, Vice-President and Chairmen of the Subjects Committees and other Committees.] 5* * * *