(1) After the general election of the Panchayat, the Gram Sabha in its first general meeting shall form by consensus one vigilance committee comprising of one member from each constituency of Gram Panchayat. Gram Sabha shall form not more than two vigilance committees, if there is no consensus amongst the members of Gram Sabha regarding formation of a single vigilance committee. The vigilance committee(s) so formed by the Gram Sabha shall place its reports, concerning any office bearer of the Panchayat, besides other matters relating to the schemes and other activities of the Panchayat, before the Gram Sabha in its general meeting and a copy of said report shall be sent to the Block Development Officer for such action as it may deem fit.
(2) The term of the vigilance committees shall be two and a half years. After the expiry of the term of the vigilance committee formed under sub-rule (1), the Gram Sabha shall thereafter in its first general meeting again form one or two vigilance committees for the remaining term of the Gram Panchayat.
(3) After examining the report sent by the Vigilance Committee, the Block Development Officer shall initiate such immediate action as may require and shall inform the vigilance committee in this regard.
(4) In case the Vigilance Committee is not satisfied with the action taken by the Block Development Officer, or the Block Development Officer does not take/initiate action within 30 days from the receipt of the report, as the case may be, the Vigilance Committee may report the matter to the S.
D.O.(C), Deputy Commissioner and thereafter to Director for necessary immediate action.
1. Sub-rule (3) substituted vide Notification No. PCH-HA(1)19/2008-II., dated 24 th October, 2017, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 31 st October, 2017, pp.7483-7485.
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(5) The Vigilance Committee shall have right to inspect the documents, works and records and record statements of persons to ascertain the truth. Vigilance Committee(s) shall also have right to take the certified copies of any document from the Panchayat free of cost.
(6) The members of the Vigilance Committee(s) shall by consensus elect a Chairman of the Vigilance Committee amongst themselves.
(7) The Vigilance Committee shall meet at least four times in each year. The meeting shall be convened by the Chairman of the Vigilance Committee and the quorum of such meeting shall be more than one-half of its total members.
(8) The Chairman of the Vigilance Committee shall maintain the proceeding book of the Vigilance Committee. Chairman himself or any member may record the proceedings which shall be signed by all members present.
CHAPTER-III GRAM PANCHAYAT-CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, FUNCTIONS AND POWERS.