State Act

THE UNITED PROVINCES PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 1947

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016 (Uttarakhand Act 11 of 2016), s.194(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

[12-BC (1) Subject to the supervision and control of Nirvachan Nideshak (Panchayat), the District Magistrate shall supervise the conduct of all elections of members of Gram Panchayats and Pradhans and Up-Pradhans of Gram Sabhas in the district.]1 (2) Every local authority and-the management of every educational institution receiving grant-in-aid from the State Government in the district shall, when so required by the District Magistrate make available to him or to any other officer appointed by the District Magistrate as Nirvachan Adhikari such staff as may be necessary for the performance of any duties in connection with such election. (3) The [State Election Commission]2 may likewise, require all or any of the local authorities and the managements of any or any of such institutions as aforesaid in the State to make avaihib1e to any officer referred to in sub-section (2) such staff as may be necessary for the performance of any duties in connection with such election, and they shall comply with every such requisition. (4) Where any employee of any local authority or institution referred to in sub-section (2) or sub-section (3) is appointed to perform any duty in connection with such elections he shall be bound to perform such duty.