The State Government has decided to delimit 'Village Panchayat' areas as per the Census 2011 across Chhattisgarh.The Panchayat and Rural Development Department has issued circular to all the district collectors in this regard.
The circular mentioned that the Tri-level Panchayat general election would be held in November-December this year. In order to facilitate the polls, the figures of population of villages included in the existing village panchayats should be maintained.
The collectors were asked to conduct thorough examination of the villages included in the existing established village panchayats, so that any of the villages is not left out of publication. It should be ensured that the new villages declared under the land Revenue Constitution and Forest Act were included in the panchayats concerned, it stated.
Special attention should be paid so that forest village and deserted village also are mentioned in the list of villages included in the Village Panchayat. If situation is not clear about any particular village, help from the District Census Office, District Statistical Officer or District Information Centre could be taken, the circular stated.
While collecting population of a particular village, figures of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and women should be maintained. As per census 2011, register should be maintained at Janpad level. The Janpad Panchayat CEO will prepare the list of population of villages included in village panchayats. The collectors were asked to ensure checking of the list provided by the Janpad CEO to avoid any mistake in it. They should also inform the Panchayat and Rural Development Department and the Director, Panchayat, about the action taken by them in this regard.
The apart, the Panchayat and Rural Development Department has also issued circular along with the time-table to all collectors of the State.
According to the schedule, the population of each village according to census 2011 will be updated from May 26 to June 5. The delimitation of Village panchayats and preparation of proposals with 'Najri' maps to be ready from June 6 to 16 this year.
On the basis of census 2011, the first publication of proposed Village panchayats should be done at Village panchayats, Janpad panchayats, Zila Panchayat, Tehsil office and office of the SDO (Revenue) till June 25.
Claims and objections on delimitation of Village Panchayat can be submitted to the SDO till July 5. The process of disposal of objections and claims on the first publication and submission of the report to Collector should be done from July 7 to 11. After disposal of claims and objections, the final publication of new Village panchayats at the Village Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat, Tehsil office and office of SDO (Revenue) should be done till July 21.
The final proposal for publication of new Village panchayats in the State Gazette should be sent by July 21. The statistical report of the new Village panchayats should be prepared by July 25.
Similarly according to the Revenue district, the delimitation proposal for District Panchayat should be ready from May 26-June 5.
Delimitation of District Panchayat with draft 'Najri' maps should be done from June 6-16. The first publication of proposed District panchayat on the basis of revenue district at Village panchayats, Janpad panchayats, Tehsil office, SDO (Revenue) office and Collector office should be done by June 25.
The last date for receiving claims and objections for District Panchayat delimitation is July 5. Disposal of claims and objections from July 7-11,
Final publication of new District panchayat delimitation after claims and objections at the Village panchayats, Janpad panchayats, District panchayat, Tehsil office, SDO (Revenue) office and Collector office should be done by July 21.
The proposal for new District Panchayat for publication in the Gazette should be sent by July 21, publication in the Gazette on July 21, Statistical report on new District Panchayat should be prepared by July 25.
The last date of publication of division of the wards of all Village panchayats of the State is July 31. The process of reservation in the office of Village Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat and District Panchayat should be done by September 22. The statistical report on reservations of posts should be submitted to the State Election Commission by September 30, it stated.