(1) On and from the date of commencement of this Act, all the villages specified in Schedule VIII shall stand and deemed to have been declared as villages by the names and jurisdiction specified in columns (4), (5), (6) and (7) thereof, for the purposes of this Act.
1[(2) The State Legislature may, by way of amendment to this Act, modify or add or alter Schedule VIII of this Act so as to,-
(a) form a new village by separation of local area from any village or by uniting two or more villages or parts of villages or by uniting any local area to a part of any village;
(b) increase the local area of any village;
(c) diminish the local area of any village;
(d) alter the boundaries of any village;
(e) alter the name of any village;
(f) merge a village or a part of a village to any Nagar Panchayat or Municipality or Municipal Corporation;
Declaration of a village for the purposes of this Act.
1. Sub-section (2) substituted by Act No.8 of 2021.
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(g) remove a village from the purview of this Act;
(h) describe the area of the Village.]
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(5) The Government may pass such orders as it may deem fit,-
(a) as to the disposal of the property vested in a Gram Panchayat which has ceased to exist, and the discharge of its liabilities; and
(b) as to the disposal of any part of the property vested in a Gram Panchayat which has ceased to exercise jurisdiction over any local area, and the discharge of the liabilities of the Gram Panchayat relating to such property or arising from such local area;
An order made under this sub-section may contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions as the Commissioner may deem necessary, and in particular may direct,—
(i) that any tax, fee or other sum due to the Gram Panchayat or where a Gram Panchayat has ceased to exercise jurisdiction over any local area, such tax, fee, or other sum due to the Gram Panchayat as relates to that area, shall be payable to such authorities as may be specified in the order; and
(ii) that appeals, petitions, or other applications with reference to any such tax, fee or sum which are pending on the date on which the Gram Panchayat ceased to exist or, as the case may be, on the date on which the Gram Panchayat ceased to exercise jurisdiction over the local
1. Sub-sections (3) and (4) omitted by Act No.8 of 2021.
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(6) Any decision made by the Government under this section shall not be questioned in a court of law.