(1) The Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad shall take steps to ascertain, by the 10th September in each year, from the Panchayat and Rural Development Department and also from other Departments of the State Government as to the amount of the probable grants, contributions and other allotments of fund that may be available from the Central or the State Government under plan or non-plan heads for the following financial year :
Provided that in the absence of any reliable data on likely availability of fund under a head of account in the following year, the Executive Officer shall work out the average allocation of fund during the preceding three years in that head of account and shall presume that such average allocation of fund enhanced by ten per cent of the amount shall be available during the following year.
(2) The Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad shall also assess the amount of the expected collection and accrual of fund out of the own resources of the Zilla Parishad for the following financial year on or before the 10th September in each ycar.