West Bengal Panchayat (Zilla Parishad and Panchayat Samiti ...

Key Word : Interpretation
(q) "Zilla Parishad* includes the Mahakuma Parishad as referred to in section 185
B;
(r) "Zilla Parishad Fund* includes all funds maintained by the District or
Mahakuma Rural Development Cell of the Zilla Parishad.
(s) The words and expressions used to these rules but not otherwise defined shall have the
same meaning as in the Act.
3. The power to interpret these rules is reserved to the State Government.
Key Word: Zilla Parishad on Panchayat Fund
4.
(1) For every Zilla Parishad or Panchayat Samiti, there shall be constituted a Zilla Parishad
or a Panchayat Samiti Fund bearing the name of such Zilla Parishad or Panchayat
Samiti, in terms of Section 179 or Section 132 of the Act, as the case may be.
(2) The Fund referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be lodged with the Treasury having
jurisdiction over the area where the Headquarter of the Zilla Parishad or the
Panchayat Samiti, as the case may be, is located and kept in the Local Fund
Account constituted in terms of Subsidiary Rules 439 of the Treasury Rules, West
Bengal, Volume I, and shall be governed by such provisions of the Treasury Rules, West
Bengal as may be applicable.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions contained in sub-rule (2), any part of the said Fund
may be kept in such custody other than the Treasury or invested in such manner as the
State Government may, by order, direct from time to time.
(4) Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub-rule (2) and (3), Savings Bank
account may be opened and maintained at one or more Public Sector Banks, Co-operative
Banks or Postal Savings Bank for any specified programme or scheme, if so directed, by
order, by the Central Government or any other authority or with the approval of the State
Government, as the case may be.
(5) All sums received by or on behalf of the Zilla Parishad or the Panchayat Samiti from
the State Government or collected through its own resources, shall be credited to the
Local Fund Account and shall be vested with the Zilla Parishad or the Panchayat
Samiti, in terms of sub-section (4) of section 179 or sub-section (4) of section 132, as
the case may be.
(6) The Executive Officer shall operate such Local Fund Account or Bank account and
shall be the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, in respect of the Zilla Parishad Fund in
terms of sub-section (5) of section 179, and in respect of the Panchayat Samiti Fund in
terms of sub-section (5) of section 132, as the case may be:
Provided that the Executive Officer of the Zilla Parishad may authorize the
Additional Executive Officer or the Secretary, by order, in terms of sub-section (5) of
section 179, to operate such account or accounts. Such authorization may be partial,
and governed by such terms and conditions as may be laid down In the said order:
Provided further that the Executive Officer may extend, modify or revoke such order
at any time as he may deem fit.
(7) Any donation, endowment or trust fund for special purposes made or created by a private
person or a group of persons or an institution, shall be initially lodged in the Zilla Parishad
Fund or the Panchayat Samiti Fund, as the case may be, in terms of section 179 or section
132, respectively, and may in accordance with the wishes of the donor, be placed in any
Nationalized Bank, Co-operative Bank, or Post Office in one or more term deposits of
any nature.