{ "id": 15901, "slug": "the-constitution-of-bihar-district-planning-committee-and-conduct-of-business-rules-2006", "title": "The Constitution of Bihar District Planning Committee and Conduct of Business Rules, 2006", "short_title": "The Constitution of Bihar District Planning Committee and Conduct of Business Rules, 2006", "act_number": "Published vide Government of Bihar, Panchayati Raj", "act_year": 2006, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Bihar", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "The Constitution of Bihar District Planning Committee and Conduct of Business Rules, 2006", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Article", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Definitions.", "chapter": null, "content": "(a) \"Act\" means the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 (Bihar Act 6 of 2006);\n(b) \"Chairman\" means a Chairman of elected District Council under the provisions of the Act;\n(c) \"Chief Executive Officer\" means a Chief Executive Officer of the District Council appointed under the provisions of the Act;\n(d) \"District\" means a district notified as such by the State Government;\n(e) \"District Magistrate\" means a District Magistrate of any district appointed by the State Government and includes such other officers who have specially been appointed by the State Government to execute all or any of the functions of the District Magistrate under the Act;\n(f) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by the Act or rules made under it;\n(g) \"Population\" means and includes the population as ascertained on the basis of last census;\n(h) \"District Board\" means a District Board of any district constituted under the Act;\n(i) \"Municipal Bodies\" means a body constituted under the Bihar Municipality Act, 1922; Patna Municipal Corporation Act, 1951 and Bihar Municipality Act, 1978, as amended;\n(j) \"Rural Area\" means any area which is different from the Municipal Area;\n(k) \"Municipal Area\" means the territorial area of a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or Municipal Panchayat, as the case may be;\n(l) \"Committee\" means the District Planning Committee constituted under Section 167 (as amended) of the Act;\n(m) \"Metropolitan Planning Committee\" means the Metropolitan Planning Committee constituted under the provisions of Article 243ZE of the Constitution;\n(n) All other words and terms used but not defined in these Rules shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act.\n[3. Numbers of Members of the Committee.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": true, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. The following shall be invited permanently in the Committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The member of the Rajya Sabha registered as a voter in the district,\n(ii) All such members of the State Legislative Assembly whose constituencies fall under that district,\n(iv) The members of the State Legislative Council registered as a voter in that district,\n(v) The Chairman of the District Co-operative Bank/District Land Development Bank,\n(vi) The District Magistrate,\n(b) (i) Any member of the Committee shall not nominate any person as his/her representative to be present in the meeting of the Committee, on his/her behalf.\n(ii) If any elected member of the Committee ceases to be a member of Municipal Corporation/Municipal Council/Municipal Panchayat or District Board, as the case may be, he/she will not remain a member of the Committee.\n(iii) If a post of any elected member of the Committee falls vacant due to his/her death, resignation or by other reason, such vacancy will be filled up for his/her remaining tenure in the manner provided under Rule 6.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Chairman of the Committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Election of the members.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The joint meeting of the elected members of the District Council and all Municipal Bodies shall be convened for Constitution of the District Planning Committee. In the direction, control and supervision of the State Election Commission under Section 167 (as amended) of the Act.\n(iii) In the direction, control and supervision of the State Election Commission the at least 4/5th members of the total number of members of the Committee specified by the Government shall be elected in prescribed manner from amongst members of the District Council, Councillors of Municipal Panchayat and Municipal Corporation and Municipal Council of the district in the ratio of the population of rural and municipal areas of the district.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Vacancies etc. shall not invalidate the proceedings of the Committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Meeting of the Committee and Quorum.", "chapter": null, "content": "(ii) The Committee may invite specialists of the subject matter to be present in its meeting on such conditions as may be prescribed.\n(iii) In the absence of the Chairman the meeting of the Committee shall be presided over by such member as may be selected by the members of the Committee present in the meeting.\n(iv) The presence of more than half of the members mentioned in Rule 3 shall make the quorum of the meeting of the District Planning Committee.\n(v) The Chief Executive Officer of the District Council will be the Secretary of the District Planning Committee and record the proceedings of the Committee.\n(vi) The District Planning Officer will give advice and extend Co-operation, as desired, to the District Planning Committee in the matter of preparing plan subject to sub-section (6) of Section 88 of the Act.\n(vii) The District Magistrate, the Chief Executive Officer and the District Planning Officer shall compulsorily be present in the meetings of the District Planning Committee.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Powers and functions of the Committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "(i) Limitation and type of available resources, whether financial or otherwise.\n(ii) Consultation with the institutions and organisations as specified by the Government.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. Right to summon other officers in the meeting.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Reconstitution of the Committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "12", "title": "12. Scope of District Plan.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "13", "title": "13. Finalization of the District Plan.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "14", "title": "14. Settlement of dispute.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "15", "title": "15. Power of State Government to assign function to the Committee.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "16", "title": "16. The Committee shall regulate their procedure.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "17", "title": "17. Power to remove difficulties.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "18", "title": "18. Protection of action taken in good faith.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "bh519", "Act Number": "Published vide Government of Bihar, Panchayati Raj Department, Notification No. 4458, dated 29.8.2008", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "2006", "Short Title": "The Constitution of Bihar District Planning Committee and Conduct of Business Rules, 2006", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Bihar" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19" }