The quorum for a meeting of the Gram Panchayat shall be one half of the total number of members of that Gram Panchyat including the Sarpanch and Upa- Sarpanch.
Explanation .- Where the number of members of a Panchayat is odd, in calculating half number for purposes of this rule, the fraction of member shall be counted as one.
28. Where at any time during a meeting it is brought to the notice of the person presiding over, that the number of members present inclusive of the person presiding over falls short of the quorum, the person presiding over, after waiting at least for fifteen minutes and not more than half an hour, shall adjourn the meeting to some other day and the business which remains indisposed of at such meeting and shall be disposed of at the adjourned meeting, whether there be a quorum or not.