State Act

Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001_English

Section 162 Administrative control of Panchayats over projects, schemes etc. :- (1) Subject to any general or special order of the State Government notified in the official gazette, the function and administrative control of all State Government institutions, projects, schemes and offices located within the Gram Panchayat, shall vest in the Gram Panchayat. (2) Where the institutions, projects, schemes and offices serve the areas of more than one Gram Panchayat, their function and administrative control shall vest in the Panchayat Samiti. (3) Where the institutions, projects, schemes and offices serve the area beyond that of a Panchayat Samiti, their function and administrative control shall vest in the Zila Parishad. Illustrations:- (a) Function and administrative control of the primary, middle and secondary Schools, health sub- centers, hand pumps, irrigational tube wells etc., which serve within the area of one Gram Panchayat shall vest in a Gram Panchayat; (b) Function and administrative control of the Health sub-centres etc., which serve in areas of more than one Gram Panchayat, shall vest in a Panchayat Samiti; (c) Function and administrative control of the referral Hospitals etc., which serve an area extending to more than one Panchayat Samiti, shall vest in the Zila Parishad; (d) Functions of the officers and employees of the State Government and the power of administrative control over those serving in these institutions, projects and schemes as well as offices shall vest in the Panchayat concerned but for their dismissal, removal or reduction in rank. The State Government shall specify a clear mechanism relating to such administrative control.