Section 128 — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

Section 128 For the existing section substitute the following : ―125 -A. (1) There shall be constituted for each district a Consolidated Gaon Fund to which shall be credited all contributions payable under sub-section (2). (2) Every Gram Panchayat in the district shall pay to the Collector annually such contribution not exceeding fifteen per centum of the total amount credited to the Gaon Fund under sub -section (1) of section 124 as may be fixed by the Collector in the manner prescribed. (3) All moneys held or required to be held in the Consolidated Gaon Samaj Fund under this section before its amendment by the Uttar Pradesh 1[Kshettra Panchayat] and 1 [Zila Panchayat] Adhiniyam, 1961, shall stand transferred to and be credited to the Consolidated 1 [Gram Fund] . (4) The fund shall be applied to : (a) the payment of fees and allowances of the panel lawyers appointed under section 127-B ; (b) the payment of expense incurred in connexion with the conduct and prosecution of suits, applications or other proceedings by or against the 1 [Gram Sabha] or the Land Management Committee under this Act ; (c) the payment of expenditure incurred in the development of lands of common utility ; and (d) the payment of any other sum which the State Government may by general or special order declare to be an appropriate charge on the fund." Delete . (i) In sub-section (1) for the ―Gaon Samaj‖ substitute the words ―the Gram Sabhas in respect of their functions under this Act‖. (ii) For sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted : ―(2) A panel lawyer shall, with respect to such Gram Sabhas in the district as may be prescribed, be their agent for the purpose of receiving processes issued by any court or any authority against them in respect of their functions under this Act and shall be deemed to be the recognized agent by whom appearances, acts and applications under this Act or the United Provinces Land Revenue Act, 1901 or any other law relating to land tenure may be made or done on behalf of such Gaon Sabhas.‖ (i) Delete clauses (a), (c), (e) and (i). (ii) In clause (aa) insert the words ―sub-section (1) of‖ between the words ―proviso to‖ and ―section 117‖.