State Act

Jharkhand Panchayat Raj Act, 2001_English

Section 72 Standing committees of Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad - 1. Every Panchayat Samiti and every Zila Parishad shall constitute, from amongst its elected members, the following standing committees:- (a) General Administrative Committee, (b) Committee for Agriculture & Industries, (c) Health & Education Committee, (d) Committee for Finance, Audit and Planning & Development, (e) Co-operative Committee, (f) Committee for Women, children and social welfare, (g) Committee for Forest and environment, (h) Committee for Communication & Works. 2. General Administrative Committee shall consist of the Chairman/Chair-persons of all the constituted standing committees as specified in sub-section (1) 3. Each Committee, other than the General Administrative Committee shall consist of at least six members who shall be elected by the members of the Panchayat Samiti or the Zila Parishad, as the case may be, from amongst themselves but the Committee for education and in the committee for Women, Children and Social Welfare there shall be at least one women and one person belonging to scheduled caste or scheduled tribe. 4. Every such member of the Legislative Assembly, who is member of the Panchayat Samiti, shall be an ex-officio member of each committee of the said Panchayat Samiti. 5. Every such member of the Parliament who is member of the Zila Parishad, shall, if he opts, be ex-officio member of any two committees of the said Parishad. 6. Every Committee, other than General Administrative Committee and committee for Education shall elect a Chair Person in the prescribed manner. 7. Pramukh or Adhyaksha of Zila Parishad shall be ex-officio member and Chair Person (Adhyaksha) of the General Administrative Committee and the Committee for Finance, Audit and Planning & Development. 8. Up-Pramukh or Up-Adhyaksha shall be ex-officio member and Chair Person of the Education Committee and the Committee for Women, Children and Social Welfare. 9. No member of the Panchayat Samiti or of, Zila Parishad shall be eligible to serve in more than two standing committees. 10. The Executive Officer or the chief executive officer shall be ex-officio secretary of all the committees of the Panchayat Samiti or the Zila Parishad, as the case may be. 11. The business of the standing committees constituted under sub-section (1) shall be such as may be prescribed by the competent Authority. 12. In addition to the standing committees mentioned under sub-section (1), the Panchayat Samiti or, the Zila Parishad, on approval of the prescribed Authority, may constitute one or more than one committee for the subjects which do not come within the fold of affairs of the committees referred in sub-section (1).