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( I ) Where, in a village or in a part of a as Gramdan viuage- v illage and constitution o c Gmma (a) the extent of lands donated for Bhoodan Parishad. Yagna or Gramdan, in respect of which declarations fiIed under section 12 have been confirmed or deemed to have been confirmed, is not less than fifty-one per cent of the total extent of land held under ~ f i v ~ t e ownership by the residents of that v~Ilagc or part thereof; ib) number of persons whose declarations have been so confirmed is not Iess than seventy-five per cent of the total number of Persons owning Iands and residing in the village or part thereof; and (c) not less than seventy-five per cenl of the persons who have completed the age of twenty-one Years and who are residing in the village or part thereof have declared in the* prescribed form and manner their desrre to participate in the Grarndan movement, the State Government or any officer not below the rank of a Collector specially authorised by them in that behalf may, on ihe recommendation of the Samjl~, declare, by notification, the village or such part thereof, as the cdse may be, to be a Gramdan village with effect from the date specified in such notification : Provied that no such part of a village shall be so declared unless the lands donated from a compact block and unless the requisite extent of communal and reserved land is contiguous to that part. @,As soon as may be after the publication of the notification under sub-section (I), there shall be constituted for the Gramdan Village specified in the notification, a Grama Parishad and every person who has completed the age of twenty.one years who, either has donated any Iand far Bhoodan Yagna or Gramdan or who owns any land or house or whose name is included in the electoral roll of that village under the Orissa Grama Panchayat Act, 1964, shall :Fsp"ts be a member of such Parishad: provided that a person shall be disqualified for being a member of such Parishd if he is not a citizen of India or is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court. (3) The ~Grama Parishad shall be a body car. porate having perpetual szlccession and a cornmoll seal with power, subjwt to the provisions of this Act 612 TE~E ORISSA BHOOBAN AND GRAMDAN ACT, 1970 [Or. Act. and the rules made thereu rider, to accgire, hold and &spose of property and to contract and may, by the said name, sue or be sued. (4) The Sallliti shall cause to be prepared and publislxd in the prescijbcd manner a list of the names of members of each Grama Parishad and the Grama Parishad may, from time to time, amend the list for the purpose of bringing it up-to-datc and n copy of every such amcndrnet~t shaI1 be forwarded to the Samiti which shall cause it to tz published in the prescribed manner. (5) Every such list and the amendments therctfi published under sub-section (4) shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court of law. (6) With effect from the date on which the list of members of the Grama Parishad is first published all the lands in the Gramdan village which have vested in -the Samiti under this Act, shall stand transferred- to and vest in, the Grarua Parished. (7) Any land iu - the Gratndan village which vests in the Samiti by way of donation aftcr the aforesaid date shall also stand tra~lsferred to and vest in, the Grama Pirishad with effect from the date on which it vested in the Samiti. (8) There shall be a President and a Vice- President for each. Grama Parishad -who shall be elected in the priscribed manner by tfie members of' the Grama Parishad from among themselves. (9) The President and the Vice-President shall hold office for a period of four years from the res- pective date of their eIection. (10) The President may resign' his office by giving notice ,-in writing to the Grama Parishad and on the resignation being accepted by the Parishad he shall be deemed to have vacated his office. (11) The Vice-President may resign his ofice by giving notice in writing to the President and Ite shall be deemed to have vacated his ofice with effect from the date on which the notice was received by the President. (I2) The President shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be prescribed. i-. : (13) The Vice-President shall exercise such powers and pel-form such ions of the President as thc President m:iy, fro111 time to time, dclcgate to him in writing. (14) Any casual vacancy, in office of the President or Vice-President shall, as soon as may be after tfze occrztrcnce of such vacnncy, be filled u? by election held in accordance i; ith the provisions of su b-sectior~ (8) and the PresidenL or the Vice-Prcsideut so elected shall enter upon ofice forthwith but shall fiold oj'fice only for thc residue of the tcrm of his predecessor.