(1) The State Government may, at the request of a Gram Parishad and after consultation with the Gram Panchayat having jurisdiction over the gramdan village of the Gram Parishad concerned, declare, by notification in the Official Gazette, that the Gram Parishad shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and functions of the Gram Panchayat under the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957, or exercise such of the powers and perform such of the duties and functions of the Gram Panchayat as may he specified in the notification, in relation to the gramdan village.
Gram Paridied may be empowered to act as Gram Panchayat for the vandals village.
12 The West Bengal Gramdan Act, 1964.
Mut Bo. Aet (Chapter VI .—Mtiscellaneous.--Section 32.)
(2) Upon the issue of a notification under sub-section (1) the following consequences shall ensue:—
(a) if all the powers and duties and functions of the Gram Panchayat are to be exercised and performed by the Gram Parishad—
(i) the Gram Panchayat which functioned immediately before the notification shall, in relation to the gramdan village, cease to function therein;
(zi) the Grain Parishad shall exercise all the powers and perform all the duties and functions of the Gram Panchayat in relation to the gramdan village;
(iii) the provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957, shall, subject to such restrictions and modifications as the State Government may specify in the notification, apply to the Gram Parishad as if it were a Gram Panchayat constituted under the said Act for the gramdan village;
(b1 in any other case—
(i) the Grain Panchayat shall cease to exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions specified in the notification in relation to the gramdan village;
(ii) the powers, duties and functions so specified shall be exercised and performed by the Gram Parishad in relation to the gramdan village;
(iii) the provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957, shall, subject to restrictions and modifications specified in the notification, apply to the Gram Parishad as if it were a Gram Panchayat constituted under the said Act for the gramdan village for the specified purposes.
43) Any notification issued under sub-section (1) may contain such supplemental, incidental and consequential provisions as the State Government may deem necessary.
West Ban.
Aa6 I of 1957.
Supersession of Gram Parishad.