(l) A Gram Panchayat shall not give permission to any erection or construction by filling up any tank, pond, or other water body, marshy land or abandoned brickfield or sand quarry, coal mine, mineral quarry or any other water area and shall take such steps as may be considered appropriate-
(a) for use of public water body, or
(b) for drainage facility in the locality, or
(c) for fire fighting purposes, or
(d) from environmental and ecological point of view, or
(e) for promotion of pisciculture, or
(f) for any other use of public interest, or
(g) for recreation purpose, or
(h) for ethnic purpose, or
(i) for production of micro and macro organism, .or
(j) for production of aquatic flora and fauna:
Provided that in pursuance of any direction or order issued by any Cour or a competent authority, aGram Panchayat may, for reasons to be recorded in a resolution adopted in this behalf, give permission, under special circumstances for any such erection or construction.
(2) In case of illegal filling of any tank, pond or other water body, marshy land or abandoned brick field or sand quarry, coal mine, mineral quarry or any other water area, theGramPanchayat shall immediately report the matter to the Block Development Officer and ex-officio Executive Officer of the Panchayat Samiti and the Police Station for taking appropriate action.