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

(3) The order passed by such authority on such appeal shall be final.
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146. 1 [Subject to the other provisions of this section, a Sabhadhipati or a Sahakari
Sabhadhipati] of a Zilla Parishad may, at any time, be removed from office 2 [by a
resolution carried by the majority of the existing members referred to in clause (ii) of
sub-section (2) of section 140] at a meeting specially convened for the purpose. Notice of
such meeting shall be given to the prescribed authority:
Removal of
Sabhadhipati
and Sahakari
Sabhadhipati.
Provided that at any such meeting while any resolution for the removal of the
Sabhadhipati from his office is under consideration, the Sabhadhipati or while any
resolution for the removal of the Sahakari Sabhadhipati from his office is under
consideration, the Sahakari Sabhadhipati shall not, though he is present, preside, and the
provisions of sub-section (2) of section 150 shall apply in relation to every such meeting
as they apply in relation to a meeting from which the Sabhadhipati or, as the case may
be, the Sahakari Sabhadhipati is absent:
3 Provided further that no meeting for the removal of the Sabhadhipati or the Sahakari
Sabhadhipati under this section shall be convened within a period of one year from the
date of election of the Sabhadhipati or the Sahakari Sabhadhipati:
3 Provided also that if, at a meeting convened under this section, either no meeting is held
or no resolution removing an office bearer is adopted, no other meeting shall be convened
for the removal of the same office bearer within six months from the date appointed for
such meeting.
147. In the event of removal of a Sabhadhipati or a Sahakari Sabhadhipati under section
146 or when a vacancy occurs in the office of a Sabhadhipati or a Sahakari Sabhadhipati
by resignation, death or otherwise, the Zilla Parishad shall elect another Sabhadhipati, or
Sahakari Sabhadhipati in the prescribed manner.
Filling of casual
vacancies in the
office of
Sabhadhipati or
Sahakari
Sabhadhipati.
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