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

101. 1 [Subject to the other provisions of this section, a Sabhapati or a Sahakari
Sabhapati] of a Panchayat Samiti 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 94] at a meeting specially convened for the purpose. Notice of
such meeting shall be given to the prescribed authority:
Removal of
Sabhapati and
Sahakari
Sabhapati.
Provided that at any such meeting while any resolution for the removal of the Sabhapati
from his office is under consideration, the Sabhapati or while any resolution for the
removal of the Sahakari Sabhapati from his office is under consideration, the Sahakari
Sabhapati shall not, though he is present, preside, and the provisions of subsection (2) of
section 105 shall apply in relation to every such meeting as they apply in relation to a
meeting from which the Sabhapati or, as the case may be, the Sahakari Sabhapati is
absent:
'Provided further that no meeting for the removal of the Sabhapati or the Sahakari
Sabhapati under this section shall be convened within a period of one year from the date
of election of the Sabhapati or the Sahakari Sabhapati:
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.
102. In the event of removal of a Sabhapati or a Sahakari Sabhapati under section 101 or
when a vacancy occurs in the office of a Sabhapati or a Sahakari Sabhapati by
resignation, death or otherwise, the Panchayat Samiti shall elect another Sabhapati or
Sahakari Sabhapati in the prescribed manner.
103. If the office of a member of a Panchayat Samiti becomes vacant by reason of his
death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled in the prescribed
manner.
Filling of casual
vacancy in the
office of
Sabhapati and
Sahakari
Sabhapati.
Filling of casual
vacancy in the
office of member
of Panchyat
Samiti.
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