(1) A Panchayat Samiti may be vested by the State Government with such powers under any local or special Act as the State Government may think fit.
(2) A Panchayat Samiti shall perform such functions as may be transferred to it by notification under section 31 of the Cattle-trespass 1 of 1871.
Act, 1871.
(3) A Panchayat Samiti shall exercise such other powers, perform such other functions or discharge such other duties as the State Government may, by general or special order, direct.
115. A Panchayat Samiti shall exercise general powers of supervision over Gram Panchayats in the Block and it shall be the duty of these authorities to give effect to the directions of the Panchayat Samiti on matters of policy or planning for development.