(1) The Panchayat sell lease out or sell, in public auction in an open and transparent manner, the right to enjoyment of properties of a Panchayat or right to the collection of fees for the use of public places in the Panchayat for commercial and other purposes, specified in sub – Rule (2). The Panchayat shall also sell in public auction, any unusable or unserviceable article as specified in clause (xi) in sub – rule (2) whose estimated value is more than Rs.100 (Rupees one hundred only)
(2) The list of items that may be leased out are, -
(i) Own lands and other immovable properties of the Panchayat;
(ii) vested or regulated Poramboke lands under the control of the Panchayat;
(iii) buildings consisting of shops, rooms, rest sheds, carriages, market stalls, canteens, hotels, lodging houses, and other permanent buildings for which rent is payable monthly or for a longer period;
(iv) cutting of grass (vizhal for laying roof for huts) grown in irrigation tanks and other places under the control of Panchayats;
(v) usufructs of trees on the Panchayat roads, topes and on roads belonging to the Highw ays and Rural Works Department. Trees on public Works Department Lands over which the Panchayats has been given control and other Panchayat properties;
(vi) right to collect the fees in the public market, cart- stand, public landing or haltingplaces, bus –stand, slaughter houses, fish markets or ferry places under the control of the Panchayat;
(vii) Collection of minor forest produce as defined in Section 130- A of the Tamil Nadu Forest Code collected in the unreserved forest of the Panchayat and other Panchayat properties;
(viii) Use of road margins under the control of the Panchayat and street margins for sale of articles;
(ix) Use of public places for erecting advertisement boards, etc;
(x) any other items for which right of enjoyment or collection of fees can be leased out;
(xi) The sale of unusable or unserviceable article are, - i. wind – fallen and withered trees;
ii. sweepings in the Panchayat properties;
iii. unserviceable and wornout machinery tools, plants and electrical fittings;
v. old newspapers, journals and obsolete records after tearing out them; and
21. PANCHAYAT ASSETS 609 v. old newspapers, journals and obsolete records after tearing out them; and vi. any other unserviceable or unusable article which can be sold.
(3) In the case of stalls or bunks or other structures or buildings constructed by the Government from their Funds for rehabilitation of the repatriates from other Countries, if any, handed over to the Village Panchayat or the Panchayat Union Council, as the case may be, for maintenance, they shall be leased out only to such persons according to the instructions of the Government in force at the time of auction.