MPR Act 49Chapter IV · Zilla Parishad
Section 49 · Composition of Zilla Parishad
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The Zilla Parishad shall consist of--
(a) the members directly elected from the territorial constituencies in the district under section 50;
(b) the members of the House of the People and the members of the State Legislative Assembly representing a part or whole of the district whose constituencies lie within the district; and
(c) ten per cent. of the Pradhans of the Gram Panchayats in the district:
Provided that when the total number of members under clauses (b) and (c) exceed the total number of members under clause (a), only one-third of the members under clause (c) shall be selected on rotation for a period of one year by lot as the Government may decide from time to time and district to district, subject to the condition that a Pradhan who was a member under this clause for one year shall not be eligible to become member for a second term during the remainder of his term of office as Pradhan:
Provided further that all members of the Zilla Parishad whether elected or not from territorial constituencies in the Zilla Parishad area shall have the right to vote in the meeting of the Zilla Parishad except in the election of Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha.
(a) the members directly elected from the territorial constituencies in the district under section 50;
(b) the members of the House of the People and the members of the State Legislative Assembly representing a part or whole of the district whose constituencies lie within the district; and
(c) ten per cent. of the Pradhans of the Gram Panchayats in the district:
Provided that when the total number of members under clauses (b) and (c) exceed the total number of members under clause (a), only one-third of the members under clause (c) shall be selected on rotation for a period of one year by lot as the Government may decide from time to time and district to district, subject to the condition that a Pradhan who was a member under this clause for one year shall not be eligible to become member for a second term during the remainder of his term of office as Pradhan:
Provided further that all members of the Zilla Parishad whether elected or not from territorial constituencies in the Zilla Parishad area shall have the right to vote in the meeting of the Zilla Parishad except in the election of Adhyaksha and Up-Adhyaksha.
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