(General) Rules, 1997-English - Panchyati Raj Department

(25) Any other records/registers, prescribed by the Director fromtime to time.35. Duties of Panchayat Secretary.- It shall be the duty of theSecretary of the Gram Panchayat.--(i)(ii)to see that, all provisions of the Act, rules and bye-laws madethereunder and all orders issued or action authorised by theState Government or Director or any other competentauthority, are complied with by the Gram Panchayats and shallbring to their notice any irregularity or omission on their part ;To carry out the lawful orders of the Gram Panchayat and thePradhan or Up-Pradhan and to perform other duties and toexercise any other powers as may be assigned to or conferredon him by or under the Act or these rules or any other law forthe time being in force ;(iii) to maintain and up date all prescribed records and registersunder the general supervision of the Pradhan and, in hisabsence the Up-Pradhan. The Secretary shall also be solelyresponsible for the safe custody of cash in hand andimmovable/moveable property of the Gram Panchayat withinthe overall supervision of the Pradhan or in his absence, of theUp-Pradhan, and, he shall further be responsible for keepingtrue accounts of the money received in Sabha fund anddisbursed out of it ;(iv)(v)the Panchayat Secretary will maintain daily diary showingtherein briefly the work done in all working days in a monthand shall submit a copy thereof to the BDO in monthly staffmeeting. The BDO will keep a record of these diaries andreflect the assessment in the ACRs of the concerned official;andto perform such other duties as may be assigned to him by theDirector or the Deputy Commissioner from time to time.36. Recovery of costs under sub-section (2) of section-12 of theAct and recovery of fine under section 22(3).- If any act, as ordered by theGram Panchayat under sub-section(1) of section 12, is not performed withinthe time fixed, the Gram Panchayat may cause it to be performed under subsection(2)of section 12 and the cost of that work shall be recovered by theGram Panchayat from the person who fails to perform such act. In case thegram panchayat fails to recover the amount, the same shall be recoverable asarrears of land revenue. For the purpose of recovering the fine under section22(3), the Gram Panchayat shall serve a notice to the person concerned andask him to deposit the amount of fine within seven days from the date ofnotice. If he fails to deposit the amount of fine within stipulated period, thefine shall be recovered as an arrear of land revenue.18