(1) When an order of supersession has been passed under section 214 then with effect from the date of the order—
(a) all the members of the Gram Panchayat, the Panchayat Samiti or the Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, and all the members of the Sthayee Samitis thereof shall vacate their offices;
(b) all the powers, duties and functions which, under the provisions of this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder or any law for the time being in force, may be exercised, discharged or performed by the Gram Panchayat, the Panchayat Samiti or the Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, or any Sthayee Samiti thereof shall be exercised, discharged or performed by such authority, person or persons as may be appointed by the State Government in this behalf;
(c) all properties vested in the Gram Panchayat, the Panchayat Samiti or the Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, shall remain vested in the State Government until the reconstitution of such Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zilla Parishad.
(2) On the reconstitution of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zilla Parishad, as the case may be, the authority, person or persons appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall cease to exercise his functions.
Consequences of supersession.
216. Where by reason of an order of a competent court a Gram Panchayat, a Panchayat Samiti or a Zilla Parishad is unable to exercise or perform the powers, duties or functions conferred or imposed on it by or under any law, the State Government may appoint any authority, person or persons to exercise or perform, as the case may be, during the period of such inability, any or all of such powers, duties and functions in such manner and under such conditions as the State Government may direct.
Special provision in case of prohibitory orders from Courts.
West Ben.
Act I of
1957.
West Ben.
Act XXXV of 1963.