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Haryana Government Gazette

EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

No. 199-2024/Ext.]

CHANDIGARH, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2024

(AGRAHAYANA 21, 1946 SAKA )

LEGISLATIVE SUPPLEMENT

CONTENTS

PART-I

ACTS

PAGES

1. THE HARYANA PANCHAYATI RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024

159—161

(HARYANA ACT NO. 18 OF 2024).

2. THE HARYANA VILLAGE COMMON LANDS (REGULATION)

163—164

AMENDMENT ACT, 2024

(HARYANA ACT NO. 19 OF 2024).

PART-II

ORDINANCES

NIL

PART-III

DELEGATED LEGISLATION

NIL

PART-IV CORRECTION SLIPS, REPUBLICATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS

NIL

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PART - I

HARYANA GOVERNMENT

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

Notification

The 12th December, 2024

No. Leg.25/2024.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana

received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 29th November, 2024 and is hereby

published for general information:-

HARYANA ACT NO. 18 OF 2024

THE HARYANA PANCHAYATI RAJ (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2024

ACT

further to amend the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventy-fifth Year of the

Republic of India as follows:-

(1)

This Act may be called the Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Act, 2024.

(2)

It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 16th August, 2024.

Short title and

commencement.

In section 9 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (hereinafter called the principal Act),-

(i)

after sub-section (4), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-

“(4A) The offices of panch shall be reserved for the Backward Classes (B)

in every Gram Panchayat and the number of wards so reserved shall bear, as nearly

as may be, the same proportion to the total number of wards in that Gram

Panchayat as one-half of the percentage of population of Backward Classes (B) to

the total population in that Gram Sabha area and rounded off to the next higher

integer in case the decimal value is 0.5 or more and such wards shall be allotted by

draw of lots among the wards other than that reserved for Scheduled Castes and

Backward Classes (A) and also by rotation in the subsequent elections:

Provided that every Gram Panchayat shall have at least one panch belonging

to the Backward Classes (B) if its population is two percent or more of the total

population of the sabha area and such ward shall be allotted by draw of lots among

the wards other than that reserved for Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (A)

and also by rotation in the subsequent elections:

Provided further that where the number of wards so reserved for Backward

Classes (B) under this sub-section added to the number of wards reserved for the

Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (A) exceeds fifty percent of the total

number of wards in that Gram Panchayat, then the number of wards reserved for

the Backward Classes (B) shall be restricted to such largest number that shall lead

to the total of the wards reserved for the Backward Classes (A), Backward Classes

(B) and Scheduled Castes not exceeding fifty percent of the total wards in that

Gram Panchayat.

Explanation.- For the purposes of reservation of Backward Classes (B) under this

sub-section, the population of the Gram Sabha area and the

population of Backward Classes (B) in said sabha area shall be

such, as may be drawn from the Family Information Data

Repository established under the provisions of the Haryana Parivar

Pehchan Act, 2021 (20 of 2021), on such date, as may be notified

by the Government.”;

Amendment of

section 9 of

Haryana Act 11

of 1994.

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(ii)

after sub-section (7), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-

“(7A) Five percent of the total number of offices of Sarpanch in a block and

rounded off to the next higher integer in case the decimal value is 0.5 or more shall

be reserved for Backward Classes (B) and shall be allotted by draw of lots among the

highest three times the number of Gram Panchayats proposed for reservation for

Backward Classes (B) which are having the largest percentage of population of

Backward Classes (B) after excluding those Gram Panchayats where the post of

Sarpanch is already reserved for Scheduled Castes under sub-section (5) and for

Backward Classes (A) under sub-section (7) and also by rotation in the subsequent

elections:

Provided that where the number of offices of Sarpanch in a block so reserved

for Backward Classes (B) under this sub-section added to the number of offices of

Sarpanch reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (A) in that block

exceeds fifty percent of the total number of offices of Sarpanch in that block, then

the number of offices of Sarpanch reserved for the Backward Classes (B) shall be

restricted to such largest number that shall lead to the total of the offices of Sarpanch

reserved for the Backward Classes (A), Backward Classes (B) and Scheduled Castes

not exceeding fifty percent of the total offices of Sarpanch in that block.

Explanation.- For the purposes of reservation of Backward Classes (B) under this

sub-section, the population of the block and the population of

Backward Classes (B) in said block shall be such, as may be drawn

from the Family Information Data Repository established under the

provisions of the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Act, 2021 (20 of 2021),

on such date, as may be notified by the Government.”.

Amendment of

section 59 of

Haryana Act

11of 1994.

After sub-section (4) of section 59 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be

inserted, namely:-

“(4A) The offices of member shall be reserved for the Backward Classes (B) in every

Panchayat Samiti and the number of wards so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the

same proportion to the total number of wards in that Panchayat Samiti as one-half of the

percentage of population of Backward Classes (B) to the total population in that block and

rounded off to the next higher integer in case the decimal value is 0.5 or more and such

wards shall be allotted by draw of lots among the wards other than that reserved for

Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (A) and also by rotation in the subsequent

elections:

Provided that where the number of wards of Panchayat Samiti so reserved for

Backward Classes (B) added to the number of wards reserved for the Scheduled Castes and

Backward Classes (A) exceeds fifty percent of the total number of wards in that block, then

the number of wards reserved for the Backward Classes (B) shall be restricted to such

largest number that lead to the total of the wards reserved for the Backward Classes (A),

Backward Classes (B) and Scheduled Castes not exceeding fifty percent of the total number

of wards in that Panchayat Samiti.

Explanation.- For the purposes of reservation of Backward Classes (B) under this

sub-section, the population of the block and the population of Backward

Classes (B) in said block shall be such, as may be drawn from the Family

Information Data Repository established under the provisions of the

Haryana Parivar Pehchan Act, 2021 (20 of 2021), on such date, as may be

notified by the Government.”.

Amendment of

section 120 of

Haryana Act 11

of 1994.

After sub-section (4) of section 120 of the principal Act, the following sub-section shall be

inserted, namely:-

“(4A) The offices of member shall be reserved for the Backward Classes (B) in every

Zila Parishad and the number of wards so reserved shall bear, as nearly as may be, the same

proportion to the total number of wards in that Zila Parishad area as one-half of the

percentage of population of Backward Classes (B) to the total population in that Zila

Parishad area and rounded off to the next higher integer in case the decimal value is 0.5 or

more and shall be allotted by draw of lots among the highest three times of the number of

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wards of Zila Parishad proposed for reservation of Backward Classes (B) which are having

the largest percentage population of Backward Classes (B) after excluding those wards of

Zila Parishad already reserved for Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (A) and also

by rotation in the subsequent elections:

Provided that where the number of wards of Zila Parishad so reserved for

Backward Classes (B) under this sub-section added to the number of wards reserved for

the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes (A) exceeds fifty percent of the total number

of wards in that Zila Parishad, then the number of wards of Zila Parishad reserved for the

Backward Classes (B) shall be restricted to such largest number that shall lead to the total

of the wards reserved for the Backward Classes (A), Backward Classes (B) and Scheduled

Castes not exceeding fifty percent of the total number of wards in that Zila Parishad.

Explanation.- For the purposes of reservation of Backward Classes (B) under this sub-

section, the population of the Zila Parishad area and the population of

Backward Classes (B) in said area shall be such, as may be drawn from

the Family Information Data Repository established under the provisions

of the Haryana Parivar Pehchan Act, 2021 (20 of 2021), on such date, as

may be notified by the Government.”.

(1)

The Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2024 (Haryana Ordinance

No. 4 of 2024), is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or action taken under the principal Act,

as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the

principal Act, as amended by this Act.

Repeal and

savings.

RITU GARG,

ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, HARYANA,

LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.

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