The Chairman or Vice-Chairman or the District Panchayat Officer or the Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, shall issue not less than seven days before the appointed date of meeting, a notice of such meeting and of the date and time appointed therefor, to every elected member of the Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad (including the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman). The notice shall be in Form-33 and shall be served on the members of the Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad, as the case may be, in the manner given below:-
(a) by giving or tendering such notice to the elected members ;
(b) by leaving such notice at his last known place of residence or business or by giving or tendering the same to some adult member or servant of his family, if any member is not found;
(c) if any member does not reside in the Panchayat Samiti area or Zila Parishad area and his address elsewhere is known to the Chairman or Vice-Chairman or the District Panchayat Officer or the Deputy Commissioner, by sending the same to him by registered post ;
(d) if service is not practicable through any of the means specified in clause (a), (b) and (c), by affixing the same at some conspicuous part of the member’s place of residence or business;
(e) the copy of the notice of meeting shall be sent to the Deputy Commissioner or Sub-Divisional Officer(Civil) for making arrangement to maintain law and order.