State Act

The Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961

185. Local cess matching grant.— If in pursuance of the proposal of a Zilla Parishad or of a Panchayat Samiti, a cess on land revenue at a rate in excess of the minimum rate prescribed by this Act is levied by the State Government in the whole of the District or in a Block, the Zilla Parishad 7[or as the case may be, Panchayat Samiti] shall be paid every year by the State Government a local cess matching grant which shall be a sum calculated in such proportion as may be prescribed by the State Government. 8* * * * * 9[Where the grant is to be paid to a Panchayat Samiti, it shall be treated as a Block grant and paid to it through the Zilla Parishad.]