The Panchayats

• 243DefinitionsIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, —   (a) “district” means a district in a State;   (b) “Gram Sabha” means a body consisting of persons registered in the ele
• 243AGram SabhaA Gram Sabha may exercise such powers and perform such functions at the village level as the Legislature of a State may, by law, provide.
• 243BConstitution of Panchayats(1) There shall be constituted in every State, Panchayats at the village, intermediate and district levels in accordance with the provisions of this Part.   (2) Notwithstanding a
• 243CComposition of Panchayats(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the composition of Panchayats:      Provided that the ratio be
• 243DReservation of seats(1) Seats shall be reserved for —   (a) the Scheduled Castes; and   (b) the Scheduled Tribes,   in every Panchayat and the number of seats so reserved shall bear, as nearly a
• 243EDuration of Panchayats, etc(1) Every Panchayat, unless sooner dissolved under any law for the time being in force, shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting and no longer.
• 243FDisqualifications for membership(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of a Panchayat —   (a) if he is so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force fo
• 243GPowers, authority and responsibilities of PanchayatsSubject to the provisions of this Constitution, the Legislature of a State may, by law, endow the Panchayats with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to fu
• 243HPowers to impose taxes by, and Funds of, the PanchayatsThe Legislature of a State may, by law, —   (a) authorise a Panchayat to levy, collect and appropriate such taxes, duties, tolls and fees in accordance with such procedure and su
• 243IConstitution of Finance Commission to review financial position(1) The Governor of a State shall, as soon as may be within one year from the commencement of the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992, and thereafter at the expiration
• 243JAudit of accounts of PanchayatsThe Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the maintenance of accounts by the Panchayats and the auditing of such accounts.
• 243KElections to the Panchayats(1) The superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of, all elections to the Panchayats shall be vested in a State Election Co
• 243LApplication to Union territoriesThe provisions of this Part shall apply to the Union territories and shall, in their application to a Union territory, have effect as if the references to the Governor of a State w
• 243MPart not to apply to certain areas(1) Nothing in this Part shall apply to the Scheduled Areas referred to in clause (1), and the tribal areas referred to in clause (2), of article 244.   (2) Nothing in this Part
• 243NContinuance of existing laws and PanchayatsNotwithstanding anything in this Part, any provision of any law relating to Panchayats in force in a State immediately before the commencement of the Constitution (Seventy-third Am
• 243OBar to interference by courts in electoral mattersNotwithstanding anything in this Constitution, —   (a) the validity of any law relating to the delimitation of constituencies or the allotment of seats to such constituencies, ma