[ 65. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, every Zila Panchayat shall, in place of all or any of the committees referred to in section 64, hereinafter in this section referred to as erstwhile committee, constitute such other committee or committees, as may be notified by the State Government for the exercise and performance of all or any of the powers, functions or duties assigned to erstwhile committee under this Act and may also delegate to such committee or committees such of its other powers, functions or duties as it may deem fit and upon constitution of a committee under this section in place of an erstwhile committee with respect to that power, function or duty shall stand abolished and any reference to the erstwhile committee in any provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder shall be construed as a reference to the committee constituted under this section.
(2) Every Committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall consist of a Chairman and six other members, who shall be elected by the members of the Zila Panchayat from amongst themselves in such manner as may be notified by the State Government :
Provided that in each such committee there shall be at least one women member, one member belonging to Schedule Castes or Schedule Tribes and one member belonging to backward classes :
Provided further that the State Government may, by notifications direct that the Adhyaksha or Upadhyaksha or any other member of Zila Panchayat shall be the Chairman of any such Committee.]