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Tuesday, April 1, 2025

MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961

MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961
(No. 53 of 1961)1

[12th. December, 1961]

An Act to regulate the employment of women in certain establishment for certain period before and after child-birth and to provide for maternity benefit and certain other benefits.

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title, extend and commencement. --
  1. This Act may be called the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961.
  2. It extends to the whole of India 2[* * *]
  3. It shall come into force on such date as may be notified in this behalf in the Official Gazette, --
    1. 3[in relation to mines and to any other establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances, by the Central Government, and]
    2. in relation to other establishments in s State, by the State Government.
NOTES. – This Act came into force in relation to mines in the territories to which it extends on the 1st. November 1963 – Vide S.O. No. 2920, dated 5th. October, 1963, published in the Gazette of India, Part II, Sec. 3 (ii), dated 12th. October, 1963. This Act came into force in the whole of Uttar Pradesh with effect from 22nd. February 1974, vide notification No. 512 (V)-2/36-5-13 (V) 72, dated 22nd. February 1974.

2. Application of Act. --
  1. It applies in the first instance, to every establishment being a factory, mine or plantation 4[including any such establishment belonging to Government and to every establishment wherein persons are employed for the exhibition of equestrian, acrobatic and other performances]:

    Provided that the State Government may, with the approval of the Central Government,after giving not less than two months’ notice of its intention of so doing, by notification In the official on In the official Gazette, declare that all or any of the provisions of this Act shall apply also to any other establishment or class of establishments, industrial, commercial, agricultural or otherwise.

  2. 5[Save as otherwise provided in 6[sections 5A and 5B] nothing contained in this Act]shall apply to any factory or other establishment to which the provisions of the Employees’ State Insurance Act, 1948 (84 of 1948), apply for the time being.
  1. Received the assent of the President on the 12th. December, 1961 and published in the Gazette of India,Extraordinary, dated 13th. December 1961. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, dated 6th. December 1960.
  2. Words “except the State of Jammu and Kashmir” omitted by Act 51 of 1970, Sec. 2 and Sch.
  3. Subs. by Act 52 of 1973, Sec. 2, w.e.f. 1-3-1975 – Vide notification No. S.O. 113A (E), dated 27-2-1975.
  4. Subs. by Aci 52 of 1973, S.3.
  5. Subs. by Aci 21 of 1972, S.2
  6. Subs. by Act 53 of 1976, sec. 2, for “section 5A”. Act 53 of 1976 came into force w.e.f. 1-5-1976 – Vide notification No. S.O. 337 (E), dated 30-4-1976.

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Saturday, March 22, 2025

Importance of Grama Sabha and It's Challenges

గ్రామసభ

ఏ దేశములో గాని ప్రభుత్వం ప్రజా సంక్షేమం కోసం ప్రజల వద్ద నుండి పన్నుల రూపేణ నిధులు సమకూర్చు కొంటుంది. అంటె ప్రభుత్వం ప్రజల వద్ద నుండి పన్నుల ద్వార వసూలు చేయబడిన నిధులతోనే ప్రజల మౌళిక వసతులకు సంబంధించిన అవసరాలు తీర్చడానికి మరియు ఇతర సంక్షేమ పథకాలు అమలు చేయడానికి ఖర్చు పెడుతుంది. సమ సమాజ స్థాపనే లక్ష్యంగా ప్రతి ప్రభుత్వం పనిచేయాలి. కాని స్వాతంత్య్రము వచ్చినప్పటినుండి సమ సమాజ స్థాపన జరగక పోగా పేదరికానికి ధనిక వర్గానికి మద్య వ్యత్యాసము పెరుగుతూ పోతున్నది. దేశ సంపద ఏ కొద్దిమంది వ్యక్తుల వద్దే కేంద్రీకృతం అవుతున్నది అనేది జగమెరిగిన సత్యం. దీనికి ప్రధాన కారణము ప్రభుత్వం, పేద వర్గాల అభ్యున్నతి కొరకు ఖర్చు పెడుతున్న నిధుల గురించి పల్లె ప్రజానీకానికి ముఖ్యంగా పల్లెలో ఉంటున్న అణగారిన వర్గాల వారికి, వారి హక్కుల గురించి, ప్రభుత్వ పథకాల లో వారి అర్హత (హక్కుల) గురించి సరైన అవగాహన లేక పోవడమే ప్రధాన కారణంగా చెప్పుకోవచ్చు. అందు కొరకు ప్రజలకు సాధికారత కల్పించడానికి భారత ప్రభుత్వము 73 వ రాజ్యాంగ సవరణ తీసుకొచ్చి ప్రజలకు గల అధికారాన్ని గ్రామ సభను రాజ్యాంగములోని 243ఏ అధికరణమునందు పొందుపరచి గ్రామ సభకు రాజ్యాంగ బద్దత కల్పించింది. రాజ్యాంగ సవరణకు ముందు కూడా మన రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వము గ్రామ పంచాయతీలలో గ్రామసభ గురించిన చట్టం చేయడం జరిగింది కాని పంచాయతీల పాలన కొరకు గ్రామసభ అని దానిని నిర్వహించవలసిన బాద్యత గ్రామపంచాయతీలదని ప్రజలు ఇంతకు ముందు అనుకునేవారు. కాని గ్రామసభలో ప్రజల బాధ్యత ఉందని దానిలో స్థానిక ప్రభుత్వము అయిన గ్రామ పంచాయతీల పని తీరును ప్రశ్నించవచ్చని ఏనాడు ప్రజలు అనుకోలేదు, కాబట్టి ప్రజలకు ఉన్న అధికారము వారికి తెలిసి రాలేదు. దాని ఉద్దేశము అప్పుడు, ఇప్పుడు కూడా పరిపాలన లో పారదర్శకత పెంపొందించడానికి, మరియు ప్రజలకు సాధికారత కల్పించడానికి ఉద్దేశించినది. కాని ప్రజలు మాత్రం గ్రామసభ నిర్వహించడం అనేది పంచాయతీకి సంబంధించినది అని మరియు ప్రభుత్వం వేరు ప్రజలు వేరు అని ఇంత వరకు అనుకుంటున్నారు మరియు ఇప్పటికీ కూడా చాలా మంది అదే భావనలో ఉన్నారు. రాజ్యాంగం ప్రకారము ప్రజా ప్రభుత్వములో ప్రజలే పాలకులని వారికేది కావాలో వారే నిర్ణయించుకునే అధికారము వారి కుందని చాలా కొద్దిమందికి మాత్రమే తెలుసు. ప్రజా ప్రతినిధులను ఎన్నుకోవడం అంటె వారికి (ప్రజలకు) బదులుగా పరిపాలించడానికి, ఇంకొకరికి ప్రజలు ఓటు ద్వార అధికారము కట్టబెడుతున్నారు. ఓటు ద్వార ఆ అధికారము పొందిన వారు, ముఖ్యంగా స్థానిక ప్రభుత్వ ప్రజా ప్రతినిధిగా గెలిచి స్థానిక ప్రభుత్వ అధికార పగ్గాలు చేపట్టిన వారు తమ ఆలోచనలకు, ఆశయాలకు అనుగుణంగా పనిచేస్తున్నారా లేదా అని, పర్యవేక్షించే బాధ్యతను ప్రజలు మరిచి పోతున్నారు. ఆ పర్యవేక్షణకు సంబంధించిన ఏకైక అవకాశము గల వేదికే గ్రామసభ. అలాంటి గ్రామసభ కు గల అధికారాలు, దానిలో ఎవరు ఏ అంశాలకు బాధ్యులు అనే విషయాలను రాజ్యాంగ పరంగా సంక్రమించిన అధికారములు మరియు తెలంగాణ పంచాయతీ రాజ్‌ చట్టం, 2018 ద్వార సంక్రమించిన అధికారాల గురించి ప్రజా ప్రతినిధులకు, ప్రజలకు మరియు గ్రామస్థాయిలో పని చేస్తున్న ప్రభుత్వ ఉద్యోగులకు తెలియజేయాలనేదే ఈ వ్యాసం యొక్క ముఖ్య ఉద్దేశ్యము.

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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

RULES RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS OF THE GRAM SABHA.

1[RULES RELATING TO THE HOLDING OF MEETINGS OF THE GRAM SABHA.]
( Panchayat Raj &smp; Rural Development (Pts-I) Department,
G.O.Ms.No.162.
Dt. 04-04-1997

As amended by:

1. G.O.Ms.No. 367, P.R & R.D (Pts-I) Dt. 28.08.1998

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1 ) , (3) and (4) of section 6 read with clause (xxvi) of sub-section (2) of Section 268 of the Andhra Pradesh, Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Act No. 13 of 1994), the Government of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following rules relating to the holding of meetings of the Gram Sabha.


RULES:

2[1. "Two common dates namely, the 14th April and 3rd October in a year shall be fixed for the conduct of Gram Sabha meetings. The Divisional Panchayat Officer shall prepare a common list of Officers by consulting the Mandal Parishad Development Officers and Mandal Revenue Officers in his jurisdiction and allot such Officers in his jurisdiction and allot such Officers available in the Division to attend the Gram Sabha in all Gram Panchayats. This action of the Divisional Panchayat Officer i.e., allotment of Officers should be over by the 7th of April and 25th of September in the year"]

2. The meeting shall be held at such place, within the limits of the Gram Panchayat as considered convenient and sufficient to accommodate the members of the Gram Sabha. The meetings of the Gram Sabha may be held in rotation in each of the constituent villages of the Gram Panchayats.

3. The meeting may be held at any time during the day between sunrise and sunset.

4.

  1. No meeting shall be held unless notice of the place where and of the day and time when, the meeting is to be held and of the business to be transacted thereat has been given at least two clear days before the day of the meeting.
  2. The notice referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be given:-
    1. by beat of drum in the village;
    2. by affixing the notice at three conspicuous places in the village;
    3. by affixing the notice on the notice board of the gram panchayat office.

5.

  1. The Sarpanch shall, on a requisition in writing from not less than 50 or 10% of the members of the Gram Sabha, whichever is higher, convene a meeting of the Gram Sabha provided the requisition specifies the day, when, and the purpose for which the meeting is to be held. The requisition shall be delivered at the office of the Gram Panchayat during office hours to the Sarpanch or the Executive Officer or any other person, who may be then incharge of the office, at least five days before the day of the proposed meeting.
  2. If the Sarpanch fails to call a meeting on the day specified therein, the meeting may be called by the members who signed the requisition on giving the notice provided for in rule 4.

6. All questions which may come up before such meeting shall be decided by ascertaining the consensus of the opinion of the members of the Gram Sabha present at the meeting through the speeches delivered by the members of the Gram Sabha. At the end of meeting the presiding member shall read the proceedings of the Gram Sabha and get the approval of the members. The members shall raise their hands in token of their approval.

7. The meeting of the Gram Sabha may be adjourned if the members present thereat agree to it.

8. The presiding member may, at the meeting of the Gram Sabha answer qUestions put by the members relating to the matters placed before the Gram Sabha.

9. An attendance register shall be maintained in which the presiding member shall obtain the signatures or thumb impressions, as the case may be, of all the members present at the meeting of Gram Sabha.

10. The proceedings of a meeting shall be in the principal language of the village,

11. Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting shall be drawn up and entered in a book to be kept for the purpose and shall be signed by the presiding member of the meeting. The suggestions, if any, of the meeting shall be reported by the presiding member to the Gram Panchayat at its next meeting for its due consideration.

12. In addition to the matter as listed under clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) of sub-section(3) of Section 6, of the Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 the following matter shall be placed before the Gram Sabha under clauses (vi) of the above said provisos for its consideration, namely the village agricultural production plans ;

  1. the work of village volunteer force;
  2. the work of Defence Labour Banks ;
  3. the utilization of land funds ;
  4. the work of Co-operatives ;
  5. the list of the location of the common lands in villages i.e. porambokes vesting in and other relevant particulars ;
  6. the list of transfers of ownership of houses and other immovable properties;
  7. a copy of the approved budget estimates of the Gram Panchayat;
  8. a copy of the audit report on the accounts of the Gram Panchayat; and
  9. a list of defaulters, who are in arrears of payment of taxes and fees due to Gram Panchayat.

3[13.

  1. The executive authority shall maintain two bound registers one for writing meeting notice-cum-agenda and minutes and another for Attendance of the members at meeting.
  2. Besides giving advance notice about the meeting and its agenda, the agenda copy shall also be distributed to all the members present in the meeting before the start of the meeting.
  3. The village administrative officer may also be directed to attend the Gram Sabha meeting"]
Note.1.R.S. to Part. VII(Ext.) A.P.Gazette.
2.Subsu.by G.O.Ms.No.367(P.R.&R.D) dated.28-08-1998.
3.Rule 13 added by G.O.Ms.No.367(P.R.&R.D) dated.28-08-1998.


Saturday, February 15, 2025

TS-bPASS – Approval of layouts in Gram Panchayats – Regulation of unauthorised layouts

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION & URBAN DEVELOPMEN DEPARTMENT

Memo No.7740/Plg.III/MAUD/2021 Dated: 08.06.2021
Sub: TS-bPASS – Approval of layouts in Gram Panchayats – Regulation of unauthorised layouts – Instructions issued –Reg.
Ref: TSbPASS Act / Act 12 of 2020

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Government of Telangana has enacted the TS-bPASS Act, which is applicable to all municipalities and municipal corporations in the state. The Act introducesa mechanism for hassle free layout / building approval through an online system, based on self-certification and strict enforcement against unauthorized layouts.

2.  Gram Panchayats are not yet covered in TS-bPASS. It is observed that a number of unauthorized layouts are cropping up in these areas, necessitating strict regulation to prevent such unauthorized layouts. Therefore, it is considered necessary to bring layout approvals in Gram Panchayat areas also under TS-bPASS.

3.   Commissioner, Panchayat Raj shall ensure that all the new layout approvals in Gram Panchayats shall be processed through TS-bPASS only. The existing layout approval system through DPMS and E-Panchayat shall be linked to TS-bPASS immediately.

4. As per TS-bPASS Act, all layout proposals will be placed before District Layout Committee chaired by District Collector. On recommendations of District Layout Committee, the layout proceedings will be issued online in the name of Executive Officer, Gram Panchayat.

5.  District Task Force (DTF)constituted under the chairpersonship of District Collector shall take strict action on all ongoing unauthorized layouts covering both rural and urban areas of the District. In case of existing unapproved layouts,notices shall be issued to developers of such layouts to get approval or regularize their layouts under TS-bPASS within two months failing which enforcement action shall be taken as per rules.

6.  The District Collectors shall ensure that enforcement squads conduct regular inspection and take timely enforcement action against unauthorized layouts and ensure that no new unauthorized layout comes up in their jurisdiction.

7.   The Commissioner & IG Stamps and Registration shall ensure that instructions issued earlier regarding non-registration of plots in unauthorized layouts is followed scrupulously by all Sub Registrars.

8.  The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj / Director of Town & Country Planning / Commissioner & Inspector General of Stamps and Registration shall take necessary action accordingly.


SOMESH KUMAR
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT


To
The Commissioner, Panchayat Raj, Hyderabad
The Director of Town & Country Planning, Hyderabad
The Commissioner & Inspector General, Stamps & Registration, Hyderabad
All the District Collectors
All the District Panchayat Officers
Copy to:
The Principal Secretary, MA&UD Deptt., Hyderabad
The Principal Secretary, PR&RD Deptt., Hyderabad
The CDMA, Hyderabad
OSD to Minister (MA&UD)
OSD to Minister (PR&RD)
SC/SF


//FORWARDED ::BY:: ORDER//

SECTION OFFICER

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

CATTLE TRESPASS (ANDHRA PRADESH EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959

CATTLE TRESPASS (ANDHRA PRADESH EXTENSION AND AMENDMENT) ACT, 1959
16 of 1959

[12th February, 1959]

CONTENTS
  1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. Definitions
  3. Extension of Central Act I of 1871 to transferred territories
  4. Deleted
  5. Deleted
  6. Addition of new Section 41 in Central Act I of 1871
  7. Power to remove difficulty
  8. Repeal of Hyderabad Act V of 1337 F

An Act to extend the Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 to certain territories in the State of Andhra Pradesh and further toamend it in its application to that State. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the Tenth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

1. Short title, extent and commencement :-
  1. This Act may be called the Cattle Trespass(Andhra Pradesh Extension and Amendment) Act, 1959.
  2. It extends to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
  3. This section shall come into force at once; and the rest of this Act shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions :-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
  1. "Andhra area" means the territories of the State of Andhra Pradesh which immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Andhra;
  2. "transferred territories" means the territories specified in sub- section (1) of Section 3 of the StatesReorganisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956).
3. Extension of Central Act I of 1871 to transferred territories :- The Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 (Central Act I of 1871), as in force at thecommencement of this Act in the Andhra area (hereinafter referred to as 'the principal Act'), and as amended by sections 4, 5 and 6 is hereby extended to, and shall be in force in, the transferred territories.
4. :-Amendments to Sections 1 and 3 incorporated in the principal Act which is extract below
5.:-Amendments to Sections 1 and 3 incorporated in the principal Act which is extract below
6. Addition of new Section 41 in Central Act I of 1871 :- After Section 31 of the principal Act, the following section shall be added, namely:-
"32. Power to make rules:-
  1. The State Government may, by notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette make, rules to carry out thepurposes of this Act.
  2. All rules made under this section shall, as soon as may be, after they are made, be placed on the table of the Legislative Assembly and shall be subject to such modifications, whether by way of repeal or amendment, as the Legislative Assembly may make within fourteen days thereafter during the session in which they are so placed."
7. Power to remove difficulty :-If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act or of the principal Act as extended by this Act, in their application to the transferred territories, the State Government may, by order, make such provision or give such directions as appear to them to be necessary or expedient for removing difficulty.
8. Repeal of Hyderabad Act V of 1337 F :- The Hyderabad CattleTrespass Act, 1337 F. (Hyderabad Act V of 1337 F.), is hereby repealed: Provided that such repeal shall not affect the previous operation of the said Act or any right, title, obligation or liability already acquired,accrued or incurred thereunder, and subject thereto, anything done or any action taken in the exercise of any power conferred by or under the said Act shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the exercise of the power conferred by or under the principal Act as extended by this Act, as if that Act were in force in the transferred territories on the date on which such thing was done or action was taken.

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MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961

MATERNITY BENEFIT ACT, 1961 (No. 53 of 1961)1 [12th. December, 1961] An Act to regulate the employment of women in certain establis...

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