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Qualification for membership in the Grama Panchayat :– Not- withstanding anything in Section 10 no member of a Grama Sasan shall be eligible to stand for Election- (a) as a Sarpanch if he- (i) is a Candidate for election [***} as a member of the Grama Panchayat in respect of any Ward; or (ii) [***] (iii) is a Candidate for election or holds Office as a Sarpanch of any other Grama Panchayat; (b) as a Sarpanch or Naib-Sarpanch, if he has not attained the age of twenty-one years or is unable to read and write Oriya; 1[(c) as a member- (i) for more than one Ward in the Grama or for more than one Grama Panchayat; or (ii) if he is unable to read and write Oriya; and (iii) if he has not attained the age of twenty-one years.] NOTES Section 11 read with Section 25 and Rule 29 of Orissa Grama Panchayats Election Rules, 1965-If Candidate duly qualified in accordance with Section 11 and not disqualified under any of the clauses of Section 25, nomination paper not to be rejected on account of mere non-mention of any particulars (in cases 'age') in the declaration in Form IV prescribed