Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Ext. No. 426/18.04.1994-Notfn. No. 6139- Legis./18.4.1994. THE ORISSA GRAMA PANCHAYATS ACT, 1964 GRAMA PANCHAYATS MANUAL 22 the meeting. (g) the voting at all such meetings shall be by secret ballot; (h) no such meeting shall stand adjourned to a subsequent date and no item of business other than the resolution for recording want of confidence in the Sarpanch or Naib-Sarpanch, as the case may be, shall be taken up for consideration at the meet- ing; (i) if the number of members present at the meeting is less than two-thirds of the total membership of the Grama Panchayat, the resolution shall stand annulled; (j) if the resolution is passed at the meeting supported by the majority as specified in Sub-Section (1) the Presiding Officer shall immediately for ward the same in original along with the record of the proceedings to the Collector who shall forthwith publish the resolution in accordance with the provisions of Sub-Section (1); and (k) where any Gazetted Officer presides at the meeting the shall, without prejudice to he provisions of Clause (j), also send a Copy of the resolution to the Sub-divisional Officer for infor- mation and such action as may be necessary. 1[(3) When a meeting has been held in pursuance of Sub-Section (2) for recording want of confidence in the Sarpanch or Naib-Sarpanch, as the case may be, no fresh requisition for a meeting shall be maintainable– (a) in cases falling under Clauses (i) and (j) of the said Sub-Sec- tion or where the resolution is defeated after being considered at the meeting so held, before the expiry of one year from the date of such meeting; or (b) where the notification calling for general election to the Grama Panchayat has already been published under or in pursuance of Section 12.] (4) Without prejuldice to the provisions of Sub-Section (3) no requi- sition under Sub-Section (2) shall be maintainable in the case of a Sarpanch or Naib-Sarpanch, as the case may be, before the expiry of 2[two years] from the date on which such Sarpanch or Naib-Sarpanch enters Office : 3[Provided that all requisitions received under Sub-Section (2) prior to the date of commencement of the Orissa Grama Panchayats (Second Amendment) Act, 1993, in which no meeting for recording want of confi- dence has been held by the said date, shall stand abated.] Explanation– The expression "total membership of the Grama Panchayat" shall refer to the total number of members specified in Sub-