(1) The prescribed authority may, after giving an opportunity to a member of Gram Panchayat to show cause against the action proposed to be taken against him, by order remove him from office----
(a) if after his election he is convicted by a criminal court for an offence involving moral turpitude and punishable with imprisonment for a period of more than six months;
(b) if he was disqualified to be a member of the Gram Panchayat at the time of his election;
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(c) if he incurs any of the disqualifications mentioned in clauses
(a) to (l) of sub-section (1) of Section 15 after his election as member of the Gram Panchayat; or
(d) if he is absent from five consecutive meetings of the Gram Panchayat without the leave of the Gram Panchayat.
[(e)In case of meeting of the Gram Panchayat to fill the casual vacancy in the office of Pradhan or, as the case may be, the Upa-Pradhan, if any member remains absent in such three meeting consecutively;1
(f)If being a male member of the Gram Panchayat he uses in any meeting or public place abusive or filthy language at any woman or behaves in a manner derogatory to the dignity of woman.]1
(2) Any member of a Gram Panchayat who is removed from his office by the prescribed authority under sub-section (1) may, within thirty days from the date of the order, appeal to such authority as the State Government may appoint in his behalf, and thereupon, the authority appointed may stay the operation of the order till the disposal of the appeal and may, after giving notice of the appeal to the prescribed authority and after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, modify, set aside or confirm the order.
(3) The order passed by such authority on such appeal shall be final.