(1) Subject to the provisions of this Regulation and the rules made thereunder, an Anchal Samiti may frame bye-laws—
(a) to regulate the appointment, functions, powers, duties and conditions of service of its officers and employees;
(b) to prohibit or regulate the discharge of water from any drain or premises on a public street or into a river, pond, tank, well or any other place;
(c) to regulate sanitation, conservancy and drainage in the area within its jurisdiction;
(d) to prohibit or regulate the use of roads, public streets or other public places;
(e) to regulate the terms and conditions subject to which a licence may be granted for the running of markets by private persons, the fees to be charged therefor and other incidental matters;
(/) to regulate the manner in which tanks, ponds, cesspools, pasture lands, play-grounds, manure pits, land for disposal of dead bodies and bathing places may be maintained and used; and
(g) to regulate any of its functions under this Regulation.
(2) Any bye-law made under sub-section (I) may provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees and in the case of a continuing contravention, with an additional fine which may extend to five rupees for each day during which the contravention continues.
(3) The power to make bye-laws conferred under sub-section (1) is conferred subject to the condition of the bye-law being made after previous publication and any bye-law so made shall not take effect until it has been approved by the Governor and published in the Official Gazette.
SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 321 THE FIRST SCHEDULE FORM OF OATH OF OFFICE (See section 11) I, , a member of the Anchal Samiti, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, and that I will duly and faithfully to the best of my ability, knowledge and judgment perform the duties of my office without fear or favour or affection or ill will.
322 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II THE SECOND SCHEDULE MATTERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF ANCHAL SAMTTW (See section 20)
PART I I.—In the sphere of sanitation and health: —
(1) cleaning and lighting of streets;
(2) sanitation and conservancy of the area within the jurisdiction of the Gram Panchayat and the prevention of public nuisance therein;
(3) opening and regulation of burial and cremation grounds for the dead bodies of human beings and regulatinj places for disposal of dead animals and of other offensive matter;
(4) supply of water for drinking and domestic use;
(5) cleaning of public roads, drains, bunds, tanks, wells and other public places or works;
(6) layout and maintenance of play-grounds for village children and of public gardens;
(7) disposal of unclaimed corpses and unclaimed cattle;
(8) construction and maintenance of public latrines;
(9) taking of measures to prevent the outbreak, spread or recurrence of any infectious disease;
(10) removal of rubbish heaps, jungle growth, the filling im of disused wells, insanitary ponds, pools, ditches, the prevention of water logging in Irrigated areas and other improvements in sanitary conditions;
(11) providing medical relief;
(12) reclaiming unhealthy localities;
(13) maternity and child welfare Sue. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 323
(14) encouiagement of vaccination in human beings and animals.
II.—In the sphere of public works: —
(1) control, regulation and development of grazing grounds, village common, and other community property;
(2) controlling and maintaining buildings, institutions and property belonging to or placed under the control of the Anchal Samitis or which may be transferred to it for management;
(3) planting of trees along the roads and public places and maintenance thereof;
(4) establishment, maintenance and management of cattle ponds and to perform such functions as may be transferred to it by notification under section 31 of the Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 (1 of 1871);
(5) destruction of stray and ownerless dogs,
(6) removal of obstructions in public places and sites which are not private property;
(7) construction, maintenance and repair of buildings, watci ways, public roads, drains, embankments, bunds an 1 bridges;
(8) control, maintenance and regulation of fairs, minor hats or minor bazars and cart stands;
(9) construction and maintenance of dharamsalas;
(10) construction and maintenance of houses for the staff of the Anchal Samiti;
(11) provision and maintenance of camping grounds;
(12) extension of village sites and the regulation of buildings;
(13) management of community lands;
(14) excavation, cleaning and maintenance of ponds for supply of water to animals;
(15) construction and maintenance of minor irrigation works;
(16) construction and maintenance of warehouses;
(17) land management.
324 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II III.—In the sphere of education and culture: —
(1) maintenance of public radio sets for the benefit of rural population;
(2) establishment and maintenance of library, reading room, club or other places of recreation and games;
(3) popularisation of village sports, organisation and celebration of national and public festivals;
(4) spread of education up to Middle English and Middle Vernacular slandaids;
(5) establishment and maintenance of youth clubs and other places of recreation;
(6) establishment and maintenance of theatres for promotion of art and culture.
IV—In the sphere of self-defence and village defence.—
(1) watch and ward of the village and of the crops therein that the cost of watch and ward shall be levied and recovered from persons resident in the village;
(2) rendering assistance in extinguishing fireg and the protection ot life and property in the event of flre V—In the sphere of administration: —
(1) maintenance of records relating to agricultural produce, census of village industries, population census, cattle census, spinning wheels and weaving machine census, census of unemployed persons or persons having no economic holding or such other statistics as may be necessary;
(2) registration of births, deaths, marriages and maintenance of registers for the purpose;
(3) distribution of such reliefs as may be granted by Government or other agencies;
(4) supplying local information to the Government or any other statutory authority;
(5) numbering of premises;
(6) drawing up of programmes for increasing the output of agricultural and non-agricultural produce in the village, Sic. 1J THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 315
(7) preparation of a statement showing the requirements of the supplies and finance needed for carrying out rural development schemes;
(8) control of cattle stands, threshing floors, grazing grounds and community waste lands;
(9) reporting to proper authorities complaints which are not removable by Anchal Samitis;
(10) preparation of plans for the development of the village;
(11) establishment, maintenance and regulation of fairs, pilgrimages and festivals.
VI.—In the sphere of the welfare of the people: —
(1) propagation of ideas connected with improved housing, encouraging people to undertake improved housing, installation of smokeless chullas and ventilators;
(2) organisation of welfare activities among women and children and among illiterate sections of the community;
(3) welfare of the backward classes;
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(4) organising voluntary labour for community works and works for the uplift of the village.
VII.—In the sphere of agriculture and preservation of forests; —
(1) construction and maintenance of places for the storage of cow-dung, oil cakes and other manure and regulating its collection, removal and disposal;
(2) tethering and grazing of cattle and encouraging stall feeding of cattle and growing feeder for the purpose;
(3) improvement of agriculture;
(4) establishment of granaries;
(5) provision of agricultural finance with the assistance of Government, Co-operative and Agricultural Banks;
(6) bringing under cultivation waste and fallow lands placed by the Governor with the Anchal Samiti;
(7) ensuring minimum standards of cultivation in the village with a view to increasing agricultural production;
(8) ensuring conservation of manurial resources, preparation of compost and selling of manures;
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(9) establishment and maintenance of nurseries for improved seeds and provision of implements and stores;
(10) production and use of improved seeds;
(11) promotion of co-operative farming;
(12) crop experiments and crop protection.
VIII.—In the sphere of breeding and protecting cattle: — Improvement of cattle and cattle breeding and general care of live-stock.
IX.—In the sphere of village industries: — Promotion, improvement and encouragement of cottage and village industries.
PART II I.—In the sphere of sanitation and health: —
(1) public health and sanitation including curative and preventive measures in respect of an epidemic;
(2) medical relief including establishment and maintenance of hospitals and dispensaries;
(3) taking anti-malarial and anti-kala azar measures.
11.—In the sphere of public works: —
(1) maintenance and regulation of the use of public buildings, grazing lands, forest lands including lands assigned under section 28 of the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), tanks and wells placed under the control of the Anchal Samiti;
(2) control of major hats;
(3) establishment and maintenance of works or provision of employment in times of scarcity.
III.—In the sphere of self-defence and village defence: — Regulation of offensive and dangerous trades or practices.
IV.—In the sphere of education and culture: — Spread of education above the Middle English and Middle Vernacular standards.
SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 327 V.—In the sphere of administration: —
(1) collection of statistics and maintenance of records;
(2) general power over Gram Panchayats in respect of functions assigned to them;
(3) to act as agent of the Government for development works within the area where funds for specific purposes are provided;
(4) acting as channel through which assistance given by the Governor for any purpose reaches the village.
VI.—In the sphere of the welfare of people: — Relief of distress caused by floods, drought, earthquake and scarcity conditions and other calamities.
VII.—In the sphere of agriculture and preservation of forests:—
(1) development of agriculture and horticulture;
(2) measures for encouraging soil conservation, land reclamation and tree plantation;
(3) improvement of cattle and poultry including popularisation of the use of veterinary services, cattle inoculation facilities; castration on scientific lines and establishment of artificial insemination centres.
VIII.—Any other function that may be assigned to it by the Governor.
ZAKIR HUSAIN, President.
V. N. BHATIA, Secy, to the Govt. of India.
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