Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993
(1) A taluka panchayat shall constitute the following committees, namely:- (i) An Executive Committee, for exercising such powers and performing such functions and duties of the taluka panchayat (not being function pertaining to its Social Justice Committee,) as the taluka panchayat may assign to it: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Executive Committee to appoint not more than two sub-committees from amongst its members but the sub-committee so appointed shall not be competent to take any final decision on any matter. (ii) A Social Justice Committee for performing such functions as are considered essential for securing social justice to the weaker sections of the society including persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes as may be prescribed. (2) In addition to the committees referred to in sub-section (1), a taluka panchayat may, with the previous approval of the State Government constitute a committee or committees consisting of such number of members of the panchayat as the panchayat may determine, to execute any work or scheme decided upon by the taluka panchayat or to inquire into the report to the taluka panchayat on matters which the panchayat may refer to such committee or committees. The taluka panchayat may make regulations for the procedure to be followed by and such committee. (3) No committee other than the Executive Committee shall consist of more than five members and the Executive Committee shall consist of not more than nine members. (4) The constitution of the Social Justice Committee shall, subject to sub-section (3), be such as may be prescribed. (5) The members of a Committee constituted under this section shall be elected by the panchayat from amongst its members: Provided that the taluka panchayat may appoint, in accordance with any rules made in this behalf, any of the qualified voters of the taluka on a committee mentioned in sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) and the qualified voters so appointed shall have the right to speak or otherwise to take part in the proceedings of a meeting of the committee but shall not, except in the case of a committee mentioned in sub-section (4), be entitled to vote. (6) Where any committee is constituted under this section, the members of the committee shall elect from amongst themselves the Chairman of the committee: Provided that— (a) Where the President and Vice-President both are members of any such committee, the President shall be the ex-officio, chairman of such committee and if he declines to hold the office, the Vice-President shall be the ex-officio, Chairman of the Committee, unless he also declines to hold the office, (b) where only one of them is a member thereof he shall be the ex-officio, Chairman of the committee, unless he declines to hold the office, and (c) a person who is not a member of the panchayat shall not be eligible to be the Chairman of any committee. (7) (a) No member of the panchayat shall be a member of more than two committees constituted under this section, (b) If any member is simultaneously or otherwise elected as a member of more than two committees, the member shall, within ten days from the date or the later of the dates on which he is so elected, intimate to the President, two of the committees in which he wishes to serve and thereupon his seat in the committee or committees other than the aforesaid two committees shall become vacant, (c) Any intimation given under clause (b) shall be final and irrevocable, (d) Where a member commits default in giving intimation under clause (b), within the period prescribed therein, the panchayat shall determine the two committees in which such member shall retain his seat and thereupon his seat in the committee or committees other than the committees so determined, shall become vacant. (8) A member once elected to a committee, shall be eligible for re-election.