State Act

Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001_English

Section 157 Changing the head quarters of a Gram Panchayat and division, amalgamation and alteration of a Gram Sabha :- (1) The governor or the authority authorized by him may, by an order in writing, change the head-quarters of a Gram Panchayat, or may bring about changes in the limits of a Gram Panchayat by including any adjoining area or local area or by excluding there from any such local area which is included in it, or may amalgamate two or more Gram Panchayats and may instead of them constitute one Gram Panchayat, or may divide any Gram Panchayat area and may instead of it constitute two or more Gram Panchayat areas; Provided that no order under this section shall be made unless an advertisement inviting suggestions and objections regarding this in the manner as may be prescribed is published and the objections are considered into. (2) On an order under sub-section (1) having been issued, the governor or prescribed authority shall pass such consequential orders as may be imperative.