(j) At the first meeting of a village (Dweep) panchayat to be called on a date fixed by the Administrator after each general eloction, the members of the village (Dweep) panchayat shall elect, from amongst themselves, a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson.
(2) The offices of the Chairperson shall be reserved for the Scheduled Tribes and women ;
Provided that the number of offices of Chairpersons of village (Dweep) panchayats reserved for Scheduled Tribes shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of such offices in the village (Dweep) panchayats as the population of the Scheduled Tribes in the Union territory bears to the total population of the Union territory and such reserved offices shall be allotted by Election Commission, by rotation, in the manner as may be prescribed;
Provided further that the offices of the Chairpersons in Village (Dweep) Panchayats shall be reserved for women, the number of such reserved offices being determined by the Administrator by order to be published in the Official Gazette, which shall not be less than one-third of the total number of offices of Chairpersons of Village (Dweep) Panchayats in the Union territories and such reserved offices shall be allotted by Election Commission bv rotation in the manner as may be prescribed.
(3) Such officer as may be specified in this behalf by the Administrator shall preside at such meeting but shall not have the right to vote.
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(4) No business other than election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall be transacted, at such meeting.
{S) In case of equality of votes the results of the election shall be decided by ots drawn in the presence of the officer aforsesaid in such manner as he may determine.
(6) In the event of the dispute arising as to the validity of the elect on of the Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson, the dispute shall be referred to such authority as may be specified by notification by the Administrator for decision and its decision thereon shall be final.
24. At the first meeting of the district Panchayat to be cal'ed on a date fixed by the Administrator after each general election, the members (including those referred to in clause (a) sub-section (3) of section 8 of the district Panchayat shall elect from amongst elected members referred to in the second and third provisos of sub-section
(2) of section 8 a President-cum-Chief-Counsellor and two Vice-President-cum- Counsellors.
Election of President-cum- Chiof Counsellor.
25. The executive powers of the Village (Dweep) Panchayat and District Panchayat. under this Regulation and the responsibility for the due fulfilment of duties imposed on that panchayat, under the Regulation and for carrying out the resolution of such panchayat shall vest in the Chairperson and the President-cum- Chief Counsellor, as the case may be.
Chairperson and Preiident-cum- Chief Counsellor to be executive.
Duration of Panchayat.