(r) Everv Gram Sabha shall hold gencral meetings in each financial year, ttne in the-rionth of October or Novembet and tbe other in April or May:
.. Ptovided that the Fadhan shall, upon a requisition inwriting by not less rhin on+fiftb of the number of members, witfiin thirtylays of the receipt of such requisition, calt an crtraordinary general meeting of the Gram Sabha.
(e) Tbe Pradhan or in his absence, the Uppradhan or in the abseoc'e of both any peison chosen by tbo Gram Sabha shall preside at such meetitrgs.
(3) The notica of tle time and place of all meetings of the Gtam Sabha shall be givrn in the prescribed manner, Moctitrgs of Gram Sabba.
Sabha at its lvork at g9lrelat s€clrng, k) One-teoth of tho totel number of members of the Gram Sabha shall .form tbe quorum for a meeting.
lO. 1r; me Gram Panchayat shall place b€fore the Gram meetiag in April or May-
(d) the annual of accounts;
(b) the report of the administration of the prcceding finanpial year;
(c) the derelopment and othcr prograr nes of work proposed fot that t'imncial year; and
(d) the last audit note and replies made there to,
(z) It shall be open to the Grsm Sabha to discuss any ot ali ofthe matters placed 6efore it undpr iub-section (r) and the Grarn Panchayat shall coo$ider tbe suggestion, if any, made by tbe Gram Sabha.
(f) A Gran,sabha shall cary out such other functions as the Administrator may, by a general or special order, require.
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CHAPTER III TlrE GRAM PANCHAYAT AND ELEcno\s ll. (r) As soon as may bc. after its constitution eYery Gram Sabtra sha.ll (btrstilueleot from idongst ir memberi an Executive Committee called the Gram PaQgba- grt*"- yat'and a Chairperson of that Comfiittee called the Pradhan.
charats.
(z) A Gram Panchayat shall, consist ofsuch nunrber of seats, including the Pradbii aot being less tban nine or more tlan fifteen, as the D@uty corur'ssionsr may-deterririae.
({) ThE ratio between the population of rhe teritorial srea of a Granr Panchiiat and the number of eeats ln that Panchayat to be fiiled by eicction shatl, so far as practicable, be the same throughout the Union t€mtory.
' (z) Eaoh Gram Panchayat arqa shall be divided by the Election Cornmission into dfrtorial constitusncigs ii easfi manner that the ratio botweeo the population of-each constituency and the number of s€ats allotted to it shall, so far as practicablc, be tle same tbrouihout the Gralo Panchayat area.
{ r) Sears shrll be reserved for the Scheduled Tribe's i+ every Gram Panchayat ad td;ru@ber of 8€6ts so res€rved shall. bear, .a1 ne.gly as.na.v fe, ..
tlygne o[Gooftio .to the tot&l numb€f of s@ts to be I lllcd by dlrecl etccuon tn ulal uram fiifijivrii as the population of the Scheduled Tribes in ihat GraE ?alob.yat i18 oAz,TfiE oF INbIA g'rfRAORDINARY [?rrr talea bears to the total population of that area aod such seats shall b€ allotted by thc Election Commissidn-by rotation to' different corstituencies in a Gram Palcha' vai,-io iiicn -a"o"i as may be prescribd :
Provided tlat, no such reservation shall be necessary if the,total population of the Scheduled Tribes in a Gram Panchayat is l€Es than half the proportionato population required to fill one seat.
' (dl Not l€ss thal oo*third of the total aumbn of the seats r€s€rr/ed under sub-seition (l), shall be rcserved for womgn belonging to Schsduled Trib€s. .
(z) Not less than one-third (including the number of seats reserwd for womei'beloneins to the SchedDled Tribes) of the total t!'Jmb€r of scars to be f fed bv direct-election in every Gram Panchayar shall be reserttd for women and sucn sdats may bo allofted bi tho Election Cbmmission by rotation to diffgrent constituencies in a Gram Panchayat, ia suoh mamcr as may be prescribed.
(81 The number of seats to be reserved under sub'sections (6) and (Z), shall be detir:mined by rh€ Administrator, by an order published in the Olfisial Cazctte' :)
(p) Subject to any general or special order of the Admiaistrator, th€ Doputy Comnissioner shall resefie-
(c) tle number of offices of Pradbaus in the Gram Panchayais for the Scheililed Tribes which shall bear, as near$ as may be, tle same prqnrtion to the totrl nrmber of such offices in the Gram Panchayats as the population of the Scheduled Tribes in the area of Union t€rritory to which this Replulation extEnds bears to the total population of sucb area.
(r) not less than onc tbird ofthe total number of offices of Pradbans in the Gram Panchayats for women' Provi&d that the offices reserved uoder this sub-sectioa shall be allotled by The Elo€tion Commission by rotation to diffetent Gram Panchayats in suoh nuaner as may be prescribed.