Section 151. Power of Government to dissolve and reconstitu te Panchayats

when the limits of Panchayat areas are altered - (1) When on account
of the reason that the limits of a Panchayat area a re altered, the
Government may by order published in the Official G azette dissolve such
Panchayat, from a date specified in the order, and direct that the Gram
Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad concerned -
(i) be reconstituted for the Panchayat area of whic h the Gram
Panchayat or Block of which Panchayat Samiti or the District of
which Zila Parishad has been dissolved ; or
(ii) be established for a Panchayat area, Block or District which has
been newly constituted.
(2) The Members of that Gram Panchayat, Panchayat S amiti or Zila
Parishad, which has been dissolved under sub-section(1) shall vacate
their offices from the date specified in the order of the Government.
(3) The Gram Panchayat, Panchayat samiti or Zila Pa rishad reconstituted
or established under the provisions of sub-section( 1) shall consist of
members nominated by the Government and such member s shall, as
far as practicable, be persons who were members of the Gram
Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad which has been
dissolved under sub-section (1).
(4) The Pramukh of Panchayat Samiti or Adhayaksha o f Zila Parishad
shall be elected in the manner provided in this Act . The Mukhiya of
such Gram Panchayat shall be elected from amongst the members of
Gram Panchayat nominated by the Government under pr ovision of
sub-section (3)
(5) The term of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samit i or Zila Parishad
so reconstituted or established shall be for such p eriod not exceeding
six months as the Government may by order specify.
(6) Before the expiry of the term of the Gram Panch ayat, Panchayat
Samiti or Zila Parishad constituted under sub-secti on (5), every Gram
Panchayat or Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad shal l be constituted
in the manner as provided by this Act :
Provided that where the remainder of the period for which the
dissolved Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad would
have continued is less than six months it shall not be necessary to
hold an election under this section for constituting a Gram Panchayat,
Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad for such period.
(7) A Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Pari shad constituted
under sub-section (6) shall continue only for the r emainder of the
period for which the dissolved Gram Panchayat, Panc hayat Samiti or
Zila Parishad would have continued had it not been so dissolved.
(8) When a Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad has
been dissolved and reconstituted or established und er this section,
such of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad fund
and other property vested in the Gram Panchayat, Pa nchayat Samiti
or Zila Parishad which has been dissolved shall ves t in and such
portion of the debts and obligations shall be trans ferred to the Gram
Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad recons tituted or
established under this section as the Government ma y, by order in
writing, direct.
(9) The rights and liabilities of the Gram Panchaya t, Panchayat Samiti or
Zila Parishad which has been dissolved in respect of civil and criminal
proceedings, contracts, agreements and other matter s or things
arising in and relating to any part of the area sub ject to the authority
of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Par ishad
reconstituted or established shall vest in such Gra m Panchayat,
Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad.
(10) Any appointment, notification, notice, tax, or der, scheme, license,
permission, rule, regulation or form made, issued, imposed or granted
by the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad which has
been dissolved in respect of any part of area subje ct to the authority
of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Par ishad will
continue unless and until it is suspended by any ap pointment,
notification, notice, form, order, scheme, license, permission, rule,
regulation or form, made, issued, imposed or grante d by such
reconstituted Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti or Zila Parishad.
(11) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to t he provisions of the
preceding sub-sections, the Government may by order published in
the Official Gazette, as the occasion may require, do anything which
appears to be necessary to remove the difficulty.