State Act

Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001_English

Section 22 Election of Up-Mukhia - (a) The prescribed authority shall at the earliest possible after every election, call a meeting of elected members and Mukhia, and in the meeting so called; The Gram Panchayat shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (c) and (d), elect by a majority of votes an Up-Mukhia from amongst its elected members. (b) Mukhia of the Gram Panchayat shall not be a voter in election of Up-Mukhia, but in case of the votes being equal, he may exercise casting vote. (c) If the Up-Mukhia becomes a member of any house of Parliament or a member of the State Legislature or Chairman or Vice-Chairman of any Co-operative Society, then as regards him it shall be deemed that he has vacated his post from the date on which he has become a member or Chairman/ Vice-Chairman, as the case may be, and it shall be deemed that a casual vacancy has occurred in the office for the purposes of section 63. 1[(d) the posts of Up-Mukhia in General Areas as well as in the Scheduled Areas shall be kept unreserved or shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions made by the State Government.]