Dehradun: The tenure of administrators looking after the work of Gram Panchayats in the state has ended. Due to no ordinance being issued yet regarding the tenure of administrators, a situation of constitutional crisis has arisen. At the same time, the tenure of administrators of area panchayats is also ending on Friday.
Amidst all this, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that the government is fully prepared for the Panchayat elections. Talking to the media on Thursday, the Chief Minister said that the State Election Commission will decide the schedule of Panchayat elections. Panchayat elections will be held as per the scheduled schedule.
The tenure of three-tier Gram Panchayats in 12 districts of the state (except Haridwar) ended in November and December last year. Due to the lack of election conditions, the government handed them over to the administrators. The responsibility of administrators was entrusted to the Gram Pradhan, Area Panchayat Chief and District Panchayat Presidents.
According to the Panchayat Act, administrators can be appointed in panchayats only for six months. In this situation, the tenure of the administrators of the Gram Panchayats ended on Wednesday.
This has left 7478 Gram Panchayats without administrators. Gram Panchayats cannot remain without administrators even for a day. In such a situation, a situation of constitutional crisis has arisen. The tenure of the administrators of the area panchayats is ending on Friday, May 30 and the tenure of the administrators of the district panchayats is ending on June 2.
Due to the lack of a situation for panchayat elections right now, the government decided to amend the Panchayati Raj Act to make the tenure of administrators in panchayats one year. For this, the ordinance was prepared by the department and sent to the Raj Bhavan on Wednesday. It is still awaiting the approval of the Raj Bhavan.
The ordinance had not been approved by the Raj Bhavan till the time of writing the news. At the same time, Secretary Governor Ravinath Raman says that the ordinance related to the Gram Panchayats was received by the Raj Bhavan on May 28. Following the procedure established by the Raj Bhavan, necessary action is being taken as per the rules.
