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

8(2) The words and expressions used in these rules but not definedshall have the same meanings as have been assigned to them in the Act.CHAPTER-IISABHA AREAS AND ESTABLISHMENT ANDCONSTITUTION OF GRAM SABHAS3. Disposal of assets and liabilities of Gram Sabhas .- (1) If wholeof the Sabha areas is included in a municipality, all rights, obligations,property, assets and liabilities, if any, whether arising out of any contract orotherwise shall vest in the municipality.(2) If any village, sub-village or patti thereof, wherein immovableproperty is located is excluded from the Sabha area and included in the limitsof municipality, the immovable property of the transferred area of that GramSabha may be transferred to the municipality and either the municipality orthe Government shall pay to the Gram Panchayat concerned suchcompensation in lieu of immovable property, not lesser than the marketvalues, as may be determined by the Government or the officer authorised byit, in this behalf. In case of income generating assets transferred to themunicipality, the municipality shall continue to pay 50% of the net incomeaccrued from such assets or more as may be determined by the Government,or the officer authorised by it to the Gram Panchayat.4. Amalgamation of Panchayats.- Where two or more Panchayatsare amalgamated, the assets and liabilities of the amalgamated Panchayatsshall vest in and be transferred to the newly established Panchayat.5. Bifurcation and Re-organisation of Panchayats.- Where aPanchayat is divided and re-organised, its assets and liabilities shall vest inand be transferred to the Panchayats established in its place. The DeputyCommissioner shall divide the assets and liabilities as per sub-section (4) ofsection 200, in the following manner, namely:-(a)Sabha fund shall be determined on the date of bifurcation orre-organisation of Panchayats and shall be distributed betweenthe Panchayats in proportion to their population:Provided that the Grant-in-aid sanctioned to thePanchayat by the Government before re-organisation orbifurcation will be divided between the re-organised orbifurcated Gram Sabhas in such a way that the Grant-in-aid forthe scheme falling in a Panchayat will be given to thatPanchayat.Explanation.- If some schemes wherein progress in thePanchayat before re-organisation/bifurcation same schemeshave fallen in the jurisdiction of the other Panchayat, thewhole of grant-in-aid or so much of it which remains to beutilised, will be transferred to the Panchayat in whosejurisdiction the scheme falls.