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Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.11, Revenue (Assn.I) Department, dated 05.07.2014. Declaration of a village as Gramadan village and constitution of Gram Sabha. 16 [Act No. 13 of 1965] (2) As soon as may be after the publication of the notification under sub-section (1), there shall be constituted for the Gramdan Village specified in the notification, a Gram Sabha, and every person who has completed the age of twenty one years who, either has donated any land for Bhoodan Yagna or Gramdan or who owns any land or house or whose name is included in the electoral roll of that village under 23[the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 1994], shall be a member of such Sabha: Provided that a person shall be disqualified for being a member such Sabha if he is not a citizen of India or is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court. (3) The Gram Sabha shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to enter into contracts, and to acquire, hold and dispose of property and which may, by the said name, sue or be sued. (4) The Board shall cause to be prepared and published in the prescribed manner a list of the names of members of each Gram Sabha. The Gram Sabha may, from time to time, amend the list for the purpose of bringing it upto-date and a copy of every such amendment shall be sent to the Board which shall cause it to be published in the prescribed manner. Every such list and the amendments thereto published under this sub-section shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court of law. (5) With effect from the date on which the list of members of the Gram Sabha is first published in the 24Telangana Gazette, all the lands in the Gramdan Village