Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
No: 13 Dated: Apr, 23 1994
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
Act
1. Short title, extent and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definition.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
(i) "Backward Classes" means such backward classes of citizens, other than the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, as may be specified by the State Government from time to time for the purpose of this Act;
(ii) "Block" and "Panchayat Circle" shall respectively mean the local area over which a Panchayat Samiti, or, as the case may be, a Panchayat exercise its jurisdiction;
(iii) "Chairman" means Chairperson of a Standing Committee of a 2 [Zila Parishad, a Panchayat Samiti or a Panchayat] constituted under this Act;
(iv) "Chairperson" and "Deputy Chairperson" shall respectively mean the Sarpanch and UpSarpanch in the case of a Panchayat, the Pradhan and Up-Pradhan in the case of a Panchayat Samiti and the Pramukh and Up-Pramukh in the case of a Zila Parishad;
(v) "Commissioner" means the Divisional Commissioner or such other officer as may be appointed by the State Government to exercise the powers of a Commissioner under the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (Rajasthan Act 15 of 1956);
(vi) "Collector" means Collector of a District and includes Additional Collector;
(vii) "Competent Authority" means such officer authority as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint to perform such functions and exercise such powers of a Competent Authority with respect to such provisions of the Act and in relation to such Panchayati Raj Institutions as are specified in the notification;
(viii) "Constituency" includes a ward;
[(ix) 1 [Director, Panchayati Raj Raj"] means the Officer appointed as such by the State Government;]
(ix a) "Director, Elementary Education" means the Officer appointed as such by the State Government; and]
(x) "District" means a District constituted under the Rajasthan Land Revenue Act, 1956 (Rajasthan Act 15 of 1956);
(xi) "Finance Commission" means the commission constituted under Art. 243-I of the Constitution of India;
(xii) "Government" or "State Government" means the State Government of Rajasthan;
(xiii) "Member" means a member of a Panchayati Raj Institution and includes a Sarpanch;
(xiv) "Officer-in-charge of Panchayat" means the person or officer appointed by the State Government under Sec. 99 to be the officer-in-charge of Panchayats and includes an officer subordinate to him appointed under that section;
(xv) "Panch" means a member of a Panchayat, other than a Sarpanch;
(xvi) "Panchayat Area" or "Panchayat Circle" means the territorial area of a Panchayat;