Section 127
. (I) The St,IIC GOVClllJ11CIllxhnll constitute in every district a Committee-called tile District Planning Committee.
127 . (I) The St,IIC GOVClllJ11CIllxhnll constitute in every district a Committee-called tile District Planning Committee.
(2) The District Planning Commirtce shall consist of the following members , namely>
(n) /\IiL,\kshya or the Zilla 1\\nc11<1Y,ll,
(b) r\ ' kll1l)(:I·.~ofthe Lcgislruivc Assembly ofnll the Assembly Constituencies comprised ill llll: DislI ' iCl ,
(c) :-;I))':mtx'rs of Zilla Punchuyut besides tile Adhakshyu which shall include one from N:Ig:lI Panchay.u ,
Penalty .
Election not to be contested witltthc support of of political party.
Powerto make rules .
(d) :1 ' 1 economist/Senior adminisrraror appointee! by the State Govcrnm , .it,
(e) District Collector ,
(0 the District Development Officer -cum-Panchuyat Officer who shall be the Member Secretary.
(3) The Adhakshya of the Zilla Panchnyat shall be the Chairman of the District Planning Committee .
(4) The District Planning Committee shall consolidate the plans prepared by the Gram Panchayats , the Zilla Panchayat and the Nagar Pnnchayurs in the district and prepare a draft development plan for the district as a whole .
(5) Every District Planning Committee shall , ill preparing the draft development plan ;-
(a) have regard to-
(i) the matters of common interest between the Zi lla Punchaynrs , Gram Panchayat and Nagar Panchayatsin the district including spatial planning, sharing of water and other physical and natural resources , the integrareddcvelopment of infrastructures and environmental conservations;
(ii) the extent . and type of available resources whether financial or otherwise;
(b) consult such institutions and organisntions as the State Government may by order specify .
(6) The Chairman of tile District Planning Committee shall forward the development plau, as recommended by the Committee to the Stale Government .
1n. (l ) Any person who soon after the expiry of his term or resigning fr01111he office or removal from the office of Subhapati orUp-Sabhnpari or Sachiva of Gram Panchayat 01 ' Adhakshya or Up-Adhukshya of Zilla Panchayat as the case may be, fails to hand over any . document or, any money or other properties vested in or belonging to, the Gram Panchayar or ZillaPanchayar, 'IS the case may be , which are in his possession or control , to his successorin-office , shall Oil conviction , be punished with ~1fine which may extend to five hundred rupees and in the case of a continuing failure or contravention with an additional finewhich . may extend to fifty rupees for everyday after the first conviction during which he has persisted in tile failure or conrravenrion.
(2) An y person who wil Iu 11)1 obstructs any member or-office bearer or servant of all Gram Panchaya t or a Zi lla Panchuyur , as the case may be, in the discharge of his duties or any thing which he is empowered to do shall, 011conviction, be punished with a fine w hich may extend to five . hundred rupees . .
(3) Any person required by this Act or rules made thereunder to fun-ish any informarion fails to furnish such information or knowingly furnishes wrong information shall, on conviction , be punished witha fine which may extend to five hundred rupees .
(4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder for which -no penally is provided for under this Act shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both .
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