(1) Every Panchayat shall submit annually to the prescribed authority a report on the administration oi' the Panchayat during the previous year.
(2) The report shall be prepared by the chairman and after it is approved by the Panchayat shall be forwarded to the prescribed authority with a copy of the resolution of the Panchayat thereon.
Administration Report.
CHAPTER V CONTROL OF PANCHAYATS
48. The Chiet Secretary or any officer authorised by the Lieutenant- Governor (in this Chapter and in Chapter VI referred to as 'the authorised officer') shall have power - Power to call for proceedings.
(a) to call for—
(i) any extract from the proceedings of a Panchayat, or any book, record, correspondence or documents in the possession or under the control of a Panchayat; or
(ii) any return, plan, estimate, statement, account or ieport, for the purpose of inspection or examination; and
(b) to require a Panchayat to take into consideration—
(i) any objection which appears to the said officer to exist to the1 doing of anything which is about to be done or is being done by such Panchayat; or
(ii) any information which ihe said officer is able to furnish and which appears to aim to necessitate the doing of a certain thing by the Panchayat, and to make a written reply to him, within a reasonable time, stating its reasons for not desisting from doing or for not doing such things.
49. If, nt any time, it appears to the authorised officer that a Panchayat has made wilful and persistent default in the performance of any duty imposed on it by this Regulation, he may, by order in writing, fix a period for the performance of that duty. If the duty is not performed within the period so fixed, the authorised officer may appoint any person to perform it and direct that the expenses of the performance of the duty shall be paid by the defaulting Panchayat within such period as he may think fit Default in performance of duty by Panchayats.
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