EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 526, CUTTACK, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2018/ CHAITRA 12, 1940

DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND MISSION SHAKTI

NOTIFICATION

The 17th March, 2018

No.4321–PT6-WCD-CW-MISC-0019/2015/WCD&MS.— In supersession of all the

previous Notifications relating to constitution of the Child Welfare Committee of Rayagada

District and in pursuance of the provisions contained under section 27 of the Juvenile

Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 [hereinafter referred to as “the Act”]

read with rule 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Model Rules,

2016, the Child Welfare Committee in respect of Rayagada District is hereby constituted

for exercising the powers and to discharge the duties conferred on such Committee in

relation to children in need of care and protection as prescribed under the Act and the

Rules framed thereunder with immediate effect for a period of three years.

Sl.

No.

Name of

the District

Sl.

No.

Name of the person appointed

Sri/Smt./Ms.

Designation

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1

Rayagada

1

Raj Kishore Sahu,

House No. LR-79,

Housing Board Colony,

At: Tumbiguda,

P.O./ District: Rayagada

PIN: 765001

Chairperson

2

Sangita Manjari Behera,

At: Saraswati Sishu Mandir,

Sriguruji Nagar,

JK Pur,

District: Rayagada

Member

3

Nikunja Bihari Pradhan,

At: Rohit Colony, Near Hanuman

Temple,

P.O: J.S. Co,

District: Rayagada

PIN: 765002

Member

2

4

Akhil Ranjan Panda,

Saipriya Nagar,

P.O./ District: Rayagada

Member

5

Pratima Kumari Panigrahi,

C/o: Ram Prasad Patra,

Hira Bhawan,

Madhu Sudan Nagar,

District: Rayagada

Member

The appointment of any member of the Committee shall be terminated by the State

Government after making an inquiry, as stipulated under sub-section (7) of Section 27 of

the Act, if—

(i) he/she has been found guilty of misuse of power vested on him/her under the

Act;

(ii) he/she has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude and such

conviction has not been reversed or he/she has not been granted full pardon in

respect of such offence;

(iii) he/she fails to attend the proceedings of the Committee consecutively for three

months without any valid reason or he/she fails to attend less than three-fourths

of the sittings in a year.

The Committee shall function as a Bench and shall have the powers conferred by

the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974) on a Judicial Magistrate of First Class.

The Committee shall meet at least twenty days in a month and shall observe such

rules and procedures with regard to the transaction of business at its meetings, as

prescribed.

By Order of the Governor

CHITHRA ARUMUGAM

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government

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