State Act

Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001_English

Section 130 Meeting of the Committee - (a) The meeting of the committee shall be held at least once in every two months or as the State Government may specify; (b) Meeting of the Committee shall be held at district head quarters at an appointed date and time; (c) The Chairman or in his absence the member elected by a majority votes by the members shall preside over the meeting'; (d) The Committee may invite the experts in its meeting; (e) Travelling and other allowance shall be paid to the non - Government expert members as prescribed by the State Government; (f) The Committee may determine its own working procedure subject to the rules made therefore by the State Government and the guide - lines issued by the State Government; (g) Briefs of the matters to be placed before the Committee shall be Prepared by the district heads of the concerned departments as that in the case of cabinet meetings; (h) District level officers /district heads of all departments shall positively participate in the meetings of the District Planning Committee and shall perform the functions and duties specified by the State Government; (i) The orders issued on behalf of the State Government on the decisions taken by the District Planning Committee may be issued under the specified rule at the district level itself, the State Government may make appropriate rules in this regard and may also withdraw the rights delegated accordingly if it thinks proper in the interest of the nation and the State; (j) A cell / unit shall be set up under the control of the chief planning officer for conducting business relating to the District Planning Committee; (k) The State Government, under the process of administrative decentralization and with the object of removing the intricacy of administrative work, may, besides the functions, duties and rights transferred to the three - tier Panchayats and Municipal bodies, delegate such functions, duties and rights of the State Government as it (the State Government,) deems proper, and may make rules in this behalf; (l) An executive Committee of the District Planning Committee shall be constituted in the prescribed manner for prescribed functions, which shall be presided by the District officer who happens to be the Secretary of the District Planning Committee, and the members of this committee shall be the heads of all the departments posted in the district and others as may be prescribed. The Chief Planning officer shall be the member-Secretary of the said executive Committee.