(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 or the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall exercise general powers of supervision over Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samities, Gram Panchayats and municipalities in the region constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of India, and it shall be the duty of every such Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Gram Panchayat or municipality to give effect to any direction of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on matters of policy or planning for development.
West Ben. Act XLI of 1973.
West Ben. Act XXII of 1993.
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Disputes.
Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive, Chairman, Deputy Chairman etc.
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.
(Chapter IL—Powers and Functions of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.—Sections 35, 36.—Chapter HI—Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and Committees thereof—Section 37.)
(2) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall, until the Zilla Parishad is constituted under sub-section (1), exercise all the powers of the Zilla Parishad under section 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161 and 162 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
35. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may—
(a) inspect, or cause to be inspected, any immovable property used or occupies by a Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti or Gram Panchayat under it or any work in progress under the direction of the Panchayat Samiti,
(b) inspect or examine, or depute an officer to inspect or examine, any depat talent of the Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti or Gram Panchayat or any service, work or thing under the control of the Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Gram Panchayat,
(c) inspect or cause to be inspected utilization of funds, in respect of schemes or programmes assigned to the Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Grain Panchayat by the Government for execution either directly or through the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration,
(d) require the Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Gram Panchayat, for the purpose of inspection or examination as aforesaid,—
(i) to produce any book, record, correspondence or other documents, or
(ii) to fitmish any retum, plan, estimate, statement, accounts or statistics, or
(iii) to furnish or obtain any report or information.
36. If any dispute arises between a Gram Panchayat or a Panchayat Samiti or a Zilla Parishad or a municipality in the region and the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration such dispute shall be referred by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration to the Government and the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.
CHAPTER III Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and Committees thereof