MAHARASHTRA TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR SUBMITTING VALIDITY CERTIFICATE (FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS TO VILLAGE PANCHAYATS, ZILLA PARISHADS AND PANCHAYAT SAMITIS) ACT, 2025

Act No. 30 of 2025

10th July, 2025

An Act to provide for extension of a period for submitting validity certificate by persons elected on reserved seats of member, Sarpanch, Councillor, President and member and Chairman in certain general or bye- elections to Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. WHEREAS it was expedient to provide for extension of a period for submitting Validity Certificate by persons elected on reserved seats of member, Sarpanch, Councillor, President and member and Chairman in certain general or bye-elections to Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto ; AND WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature were

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S.1 Short title and commencement

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Temporary Extension of Period for Submitting Validity Certificate (for certain elections to Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis) Act, 2025.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 30th April 2025.

S.2 Definition

The words and expressions used in this Act shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959) and the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962).

S.3 Extension of period for submitting Validity Certificate

(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 3 of the Maharashtra Temporary Extension of Period for Submitting Validity Certificate (for certain elections to Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis) Act, 2023 (Mah. XXXV of 2023) and in sections 10-1A and 30-1A of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959) and sections 12A, 42 and 67 of the Maharashtra Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis Act, 1961 (Mah. V of 1962), a person who has contested the general or bye-elections to the Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis which were held on or after 1st August 2022 till the date of commencement of this Act and,-

• (a) who has applied to the Scrutiny Committee for verification of his Caste Certificate before the date of filing of the nomination papers and who is elected on the reserved seat of a member or Sarpanch of Village Panchayat, Councillor or President of Zilla Parishad or member or Chairman of Panchayat Samiti, but who
  

S.4 Abatement of legal proceedings

All legal proceedings pending immediately before the commencement of this Act, before any court or authority relating to disqualification of a member or Sarpanch of Village Panchayat, Councillor or President of Zilla Parishad or member or Chairman of Panchayat Samiti, for not submitting the Validity Certificate by them in cases where extension of period for submission of Validity Certificate is granted under this Act, shall abate.

S.5 Power to remove difficulty

(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act the State Government may, as occasion arises, by an order published in the Official Gazette, do anything not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty :

Provided that, no such order shall made after the expiry of a period of one year from the date of commencement of this Act.

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature.

S.6 Repeal of Mah. Ord. III of 2025 and saving

(1) The Maharashtra Temporary Extention of Period for Submitting Validity Certificate (for certain elections to Village Panchayats, Zilla Parishads and Panchayat Samitis) Ordinance, 2025 (Mah. Ord III of 2025) is hereby repealed.

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken (including any notification or order issued) under the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done, taken or issued, as the case may be, under the corresponding provisions of this Act.