(1) Every Island Council shall submit annually to the Deputy Commissioner a Admilllsrrareport on the administration of the Island Council during the previous financial year within ti011 Report three months of the close of the previous financial year.
(2) The report shall be prepared by the Chief Captain and after it is approved by the Island Council, shall be forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner with a copy of the resolution of tile Ialand Council thereon.
84. The Deputy Commiss~onel or Assistant Commissioner shall have power to call Power ro call for - for p i o ~ e e d - ings
(i) any extract fro111 the proceedings of an Island Council or any book, record, correspondence or document in possession of or under control of an Island Council;
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22 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART IJ- Default ni 85. If, at any time. it appears to the Deputy Commissioner that an Jsland Council has performance made wilful default in the performance of any duty imposed on it by this Regulation. he may, of duly by island Council by order in writmg, fix a per~od for the performance of its duty and if the duty is not performed within the period so fixed the Deputy Commissioner may appoint any person to perform it and direct that the expenses of the performance of the duty shall be paid by the defaulting Island Cour~cil within such period as the Deputy Commissioner may think fit.
Suspension of 86. (1) If, in the opinion of the Deputy Commissioner, the eiecution of any order or of resolution of an Island Council or the doing of anything which is about to be done or is order or resolu!ion of being done by or on behalf of an Island Council is causing or is likely to cause injury or Islalld Council. annoyance to the public or to lead to breach ofthe peace 01. is unlawful, he may, by order in writing, suspend the execution or prohibit the doing thereof.
(2) When the Deputy Co~nmissioner makes an order under sub-section ( I ) , he shall forthwith send to the Island Council affected thereby a copy of the order together with a statement of the' reasons for making it.
(3) The Deputy Com~nissioner shall forthwith submit to the Secretary, Tribal Welfare a report of the circumstances in which the order was made under this section and the Secretary, Tribal Welfare may, after giving notice to the Island Council and making such inquiry as he deems fit, rescind, modify or confirm the order.
Liability of 87. (1) Every member of an Island Council shall be personally liable. for the loss, lllcmbers for wastage or misapplication of any money or other property ofthe Island Council to which he loss, wastage has been a party or which has been caused or facilitated by his misconduct or wilful neglect or misapplication. of his duty as a member amounting to fraud.
(2) If after giving the member concerned a reasonable opportunity for showing cause to the contrary, the Deputy Com~nissioner is satisfied that the loss, wastage or lnisapplication of any money or other property ofthe Island Council is a direct consequence of misconduct or wilful neglect on his part, he shall by order in writing, direct such member to pay to the Island Council before a fixed date, the amount required to reimburse it for such loss, wastage or misapplication:
Provided that no such order shall be made for bona$de or technical irregularities or lnistakes of a member.
(3) If the amount is not so paid, the Deputy Commissioner shall recover it in such manner. as may be prescribed, and credit it to the Island Council Fund.
(4) An order of the Deputy Commissioner shall be subject to an appeal to the Secretary, Tribal Welfare if made within thirty days ofthe date ofthe order.
Dissolution of 88. ( 1 ) If, in the opinion of the Administrator, an Island Council - Island C o l u ~ c ~ l
(a) exceeds or abuses its powers; or
(b) is incompetent to perform, or makes wilful and persistent default in the performance ofthe duties imposed on it by or under this Regulation or any other law for the time being in force; or
(c) fails to levy the taxes leviable under this Regulation; or I * (4 persistently disobeys the order of the Deputy Commissioner made under sub-section (2) of section 86, tle may, by order published In the Official Ga~ette, dissolvc the Island Council and direct that it shall be re-constituted in the manner provided in section 60.
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- s . (2) No order under sub-section ( 1 ) shall be passed without giving the Island Council f - . - ~ . . I - - ~ - ~ . . a reasonable opport ...... . ..
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(a) all the members of the Island Council shall, from the date specified in the order, cease to be members;
(b) all powers and duties of the Island Council shall, during the period of dissolution of the Island Council, be exercised and performed by such person or persons as the Administrator may appoint in this behalf;
. (c) the committees ofthe Island Council shall be deemed to have been dissolved and all themembers of the coininittees shall vacate office from such date.
89. If any dispute arises between two or more Island Councils: it shall be referred to D I ~ I I L I ~ ~ S the Secretary, Tribal Welfare whose decision in the matter shall be final. between Island C o u n c ~ ~ s .
90. The Administrator may call for and examine the records of the proceedings of an) Adrnrlirstrator officer or Island Council for the purpose of satisfying himself as to the legality or proprieg may c a l l for of any order passed and may revise or modify the order as he may deem fit. proceedings.
CHAPTER VIII
91. The Administrator shall constitute for the District, a District Planning Committee Constltutlon of under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner with such composition as may be Dlslrlct prescribed and the Chief Captains of Island Councils shall be ex officio members of suck P ' a r l n r n g C o n i ~ i i ~ t t e e Committee.
92. The District Planning Committee shall prepareFive Year Plans and Annual Plan, i~ Preparatro~i of co-ordination with the Government Departments and other agencies in the District for thc piarls by the Drstr~cf development of the area under its jurisdiction and the Chairperson of District Plannin~ P l a n n l l l g Committee shall forward the development plan for the District as recommended by thc ~ o ~ , l ~ l l ~ t t e e Committee, to the Secretary, Tribal Welfare.
93. The District Planning Committee shall follow such procedure as inay be prescribed Procedures to bc lbllowed by D~s l r l c t l'lanning Conirnrllee.
CHAPTER IX ELECTION COMMISSION AND FINANCE COMMISSION