State Act

The Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act.

181. Bar of action against 7[Zilla Parishad, Standing Committee or Panchayat Samiti] etc. and previous notice before institution.— (1) No suit shall be commenced against any 8[Zilla Parishad, Standing Committee or Panchayat Samiti] or against any officer or servant of a 9[Zilla Parishad, Standing Committee or Panchayat Samiti] of any person, acting under the orders of a 10[Zilla Parishad, Standing Committee or Panchayat Samiti] for any thing done or purporting to have been done, in pursuance of this Act, without giving to such 11[Zilla Parishad, Standing Committee or Panchayat Samiti] officer, servant or persons, one month’s previous notice in writing of the intended suit and of the cause thereof, nor after three months from the date of the act complained of. (2) In the case of any such suit for damages, if tender of sufficient amounts shall have been made before the action was brought, the plaintiff shall not recover more than the amount so tendered, and shall pay all cost incurred by the defendant after such tender.