The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 - MGNREGA Jalpaiguri, Home

(b)
2 he is in the service of the Central or the State Government or a Gram Panchayat or a
Panchayat Samiti or a Zilla Parishad; and for the purposes of this clause, it is hereby
declared that a person in the service of any undertaking of the Central or the State
Government or any statutory body or Corporation or any public or Government
company or any local authority or any co-operative society or any banking company
or any university or any Government sponsored institution or any educational or other
institution or undertaking or body receiving any aid from the Government by way of
grant or otherwise or a person not under the rule-making authority of the Central or
the State Government or a person receiving any remuneration from any undertaking
or body or organisation or association of persons as the employee or being in the
service of such undertaking or body or organisation or association of persons out of
funds provided or grants made or aids given by the Central or the State Government,
shall not be deemed to be in the service of the Central or the State Government; or
(c) he has, directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner or employer or an employee,
any share or interest in any contract with, by or on behalf of the Zilla Parishad or a
Gram Panchayat or a Panchayat Samiti within the district: Provided that no person
shall be deemed to be disqualified for being elected a member of a Zilla Parishad by
reason only of his having a share or interest in any public company as defined in the
Companies Act, 1956, which contracts with or is employed by a Gram Panchayat, or
a Panchayat Samiti within the district or the Zilla Parishad of the district; or
(d) he has been dismissed from the service of the Central or a State Government or a
local authority or a co-operative society, or a Government company or a Corporation
owned or controlled by the Central or the State Government or misconduct involving
moral turpitude and five years have not elapsed from the date of such dismissal; or
(e) he has been adjudged by a competent court to be of unsound mind; or
(f) he is an un-discharged insolvent; or
(g) he being a discharged insolvent has not obtained from the court a certificate that his
insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on his part; or
(h) (i) he has been convicted by a court—
(A) of an offence involving moral turpitude punishable with
imprisonment for a period of more than six months, or
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