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Download Solution PDFIf a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within ________..
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Six months from the date of dissolution.
Key Points
- If a Panchayat is dissolved, elections are to be held within six months from the date of dissolution.
- The term Panchayati Raj in India signifies the system of rural local self-government.
- It had been established after the advice of the Balwant Rai Mehta committee, which is established by the Govt. of India in 1957.
- This committee has three-tier panchayat governance such as Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, and Zila Parishad.
- As a result of this scheme the first Panchayat system introduced in Rajasthan in 1959.
- This system observed a lack of people's participation.
- To overcome this failure a new committee named Ashok Mehta committee gives a two-tier governance plan in 1977.
- The two-tier plan was Zila Parishad and Mandal Panchayat.
- This Panchayati Raj faced a major constitutional amendment in 1992 that brings back the three-tier system again.
- This amendment added a new part to the Constitution, namely, added Part IX titled The Panchayats.
- This amendment adds a Three-tier system of panchayats at the village, intermediate Mandal, and district levels except in States with a population is below 20 lakhs (Article 243B)
- The Panchayat is constituted under Article 243 to 243 (O)
Additional Information
Duration of Panchayati Raj
- The Act provides for a five-year term of office to all the levels of the panchayat. However, the panchayat can be dissolved before the completion of its term.
- But fresh elections to constitute the new panchayat should be completed before the expiry of its five-year duration.
- In case of dissolution, the election should be within a period of six months from the date of its dissolution.
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