(l) No application under this rule shall be considered by a Gram Panchayat unless such application is accompanied by a receipt of the fees paid by the applicant at such rate as may be applicable under rule 34.
The Secretary or any other employee of theGram Panchayat, authorised by thePradhan in this behalf, shall receive the fee tendered in cash and shall immediately grant a formal receipt therefor.
(2) The fee referred to in sub-rule (1) shall not be refunded tothe applicant under any circumstance.
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19. Exemption from permission.(I) No permission of the Gram Panchayat shall be necessary for erection of any thatched structure, tin shed, or tile shed, without brick wall, covering an area not exceeding eighteen square metres, and such structure or shed does not cover more than three-fourth of the total area of the land including the land appurtenant thereto.
(2) Permission of the Gram Panchayat shall not be necessary for repair of an existing structure or building unless,
(i) any structural change is involved, or
(ii) such repair brings any change in the existing covered area, or
(iii) such repair includes any addition of aprojection from the existing structureor building ground level or upper level.
(3) Permission of a Gram Panchayat shall not be necessary for erection of a boundary wall unless it is made of brick or cement and the bounded area is not kept as vacant land but it is used or likely to be used as stack yard or for any commercial or institutional purpose either on open space or by erecting temporary shed.