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

(a) anything done or any action taken by the Zilla Parishad under this Act prior to the
coming into office of the Council, and
(b) all rules, orders, bye-laws and notifications made or issued from time to time under
the provisions of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1957, or the West Bengal Zilla
Parishads Act, 1963, or this Act, applicable to the Zilla Parishad, and continuing in force
immediately before the coming into office of the Council, shall, after such coming into
office, continue in force in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the
Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988 until they are repealed or amended.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 29 of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill
Council Act, 1988, the properties, funds and liabilities of the Zilla Parishad and the
officers and employees of the Zilla Parishad holding office immediately before the
coming into office of the Council, shall be determined and apportioned between the
Council and the Mahakuma Parishad in such manner as may be prescribed, and such
determination and apportionment shall be final.
(5) An order made under sub-section (4) may contain such supplemental, incidental and
consequential provisions as may be necessary to give effect to such re-organisation.
(6)
1 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or in any other law
for the time being in force,—
(a) no executive power referred to in section 24 of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council
Act, 1988, shall be exercised by a Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti in the hill areas
unless the Council assigns such power to such Gram Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti, as
the case may be, on such terms and conditions as the Council may, by general or special
direction, specify, and
(b) the State Government shall not assign any power, function or duty in relation to any
matter, referred to in section 207B or in any other provision of this Act, to any Gram
Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti in the hill areas without prior consultation with the
Council and, on transfer of such power, function or duty, the Council shall have power
and authority to issue any direction, and adopt any measure, for supervision and
monitoring with respect to the exercise of such power, performance of such function and
discharge of such duty by the Gram Panchayat or the Panchayat Samiti, as the case may
be.
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