(1) Every Sabha shall hold 1 [four general meetings in each year and every meeting shall held 2 [ in the months of January, April, July and October.] It shall be the responsibility of the Pradhan to convene such meetings:
3 [ Provided that the general meetings of Gram Sabha shall be held in such a manner that all the Gram Panchayats are covered in a District in each of such months. The District Panchayat Officer concerned shall notify Gram Panchayat-wise dates for the Gram Sabha meetings within the District:]
Provided that the Pradhan may, at any time or upon a requisition in writing of not less than one-fifth of the members of the Gram Sabha or if required by the Panchayat Samiti, Zila Parishad or the Deputy Commissioner, shall, within 30 days from the receipt of such requisition, call an extraordinary general meeting:
Provided further that where a Pradhan fails to convene the meetings under this sub-section, the prescribed authority shall convene such meetings within a period of thirty days.
(2) The time and place of all the meetings of the Gram Sabha shall be published in the prescribed manner.
(3) For any general meeting of the Gram Sabha, 4 [representation of at least one-third of the total number of families represented by one or more members of the Gram Sabha] shall form a quorum and decision will be taken by a majority of members present and voting:
Provided that for a meeting adjourned for want of quorum, 5 [representation of at least one-fifth of the total number of families represented by one or more members of the Gram Sabha] shall be required for holding the adjourned meeting.
(4) The meeting of the Gram Sabha shall be presided over by Pradhan or in absence of Pradhan by Up-Pradhan. In the event of both Pradhan and Up-Pradhan being absent, the meeting of Gram Sabha shall be presided over by a member of the Gram Sabha to be elected for the purpose by the majority of members present in the meeting.
6 [5-A. Agenda.- (1) Every member of the Gram Panchayat shall, in respect of his ward, prepare agenda items in consultation with the Sabha
1. Subs. for the words “two general meetings in each year, one in the summer and the other in the winter” vide Act No. 4 of 2001 w.e.f. 15.11.2000.
2. Subs. for the words and signs “on the first Sunday of January, April, July and on second October” vide Act No. 15 of 2015.
3. Existing first proviso deleted vide Act No. 4 of 2001 w.e.f. 15.11.2000 and again new proviso ins. vide Act No. 15 of 2015..
4. Subs. for the words “one-fifth of the total number of its members” vide Act No. 4 of 2001 w.e.f. 15.11.2000.
5. Subs. for the words “at least one-tenth of the total number of its members” vide Act No. 4 of 2001 w.e.f. 15.11.2000.
6. Section 5-A ins. vide Act No. 17 of 2005 w.e.f. 30.5.2005.
21 members of such ward and shall submit the same to the Pradhan and the Secretary at least thirty days prior to the date of meeting of the Gram Sabha.
(2) Any department, other agency or organization shall submit its items, if any, to the Pradhan and the Secretary at least thirty days prior to the date of meeting of the Gram Sabha.
(3) The Secretary shall compile the agenda items received under subsections (1) and (2) and shall circulate the same, in the manner as may be prescribed, along with the notice of meeting.]
1 [5-B. Constitution of Mahila Gram Sabha.- (1) There shall be a Mahila Gram Sabha in every Gram Sabha. The Mahila Gram Sabha shall hold two meetings, first on 8 th March and second on first Sunday of September in each year which shall be convened by the Mahila Pradhan or in her absence by the Mahila Up-Pradhan and in the absence of both, by the senior Mahila Member of the Gram Panchayat.
(2) The meeting of Mahila Gram Sabha shall be presided over by the Mahila Pradhan or in her absence by the Mahila Up-Pradhan and in the absence of both, by the senior Mahila Member of the Gram Panchayat. In the meeting, the issues relating to women and children and issues pertaining to overall development of Gram Panchayat shall be discussed and decision taken in the meeting shall be placed in the meeting of the Gram Sabha for further appropriate action.]