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PART III-Acts of the West Bengal Legislature.

GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
LAW DEPARTMENT
Legislative
NOTIFICATION
No. 33 l-L.-12th March, 2012.-The following Act of the West Bengal Legislature, having been assented to by the
President of India, is hereby published for general information:-
West Bengal Act XX of 2011

THE GORKHALAND TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION
ACT, 2011.
[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.]
[Assent of the President of India was first published in the Kolkata Gazette,
Extraordinary, of the 12th March, 2012.]
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

for the region comprising the three sub-divisions Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong
and some mouzas of Siliguri sub-division in the district of Darjeeling and for certain
matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.
WHEREAS the objective is to establish an autonomous self-governing body to
administer the region so that the socio-economic, infrastructural, educational, cultural,
and linguistic development is expedited and the ethnic identity of Gorkhas established,
thereby achieving all round development of the people of the region;
It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-second Year of the Republic of India, by the
Legislature of West Bengal, as follows:-
2 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY. MARCH 12. 2012 [PART III
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(Chapter 1.-Preliminary.-Sections 1, 2.)
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
Short title and 1. (1) This Act may be called theGorkhalandTerritorialAdministrationAct. 2011.
commencement.
(2) It shall come into force and shall be deemed to have come into force on such
date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. and
different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.-

( a) "Chief Executive" means the Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration as specified under sub-section (6) of section 37;
(b) "constituency" means a constituency provided by an order made under
section 6 for the purpose of election to the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha;
(c) "election" includes general election and also an election to fill a seat or
seats in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha;
(d) "elector" in relation to a constituency means a person whose name is
entered in the electoral roll of that constituency for the time being in force;
(e) "Executive Sabha" means the Sabha constituted under section 41;
(f) "Executive Sabha Member" means the person nominated under sub-section
(1) of section 41, and includes the Chief Executive or the Deputy Chief
Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration;
(g) "Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha" means the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha constituted under this Act;
(h) "Government" means the Government of the State of West Bengal;
(i) "Gram Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat constituted under section 4
of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973; \·~ '.',(;)._
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(j) "Member" means a member of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

Sabha:
(k) "Municipality" has the same meaning as in clause (38A) of section 2 of
the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993; West Ben. Act
XXII of 1993.
(1) "notification" means the notification published in the Official Gazette;
(m) "Panchayat Samiti" means a Panchayat Samiti constituted under section
94 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973;
(n) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(o) "region" means the territory comprising the three hill sub-divisions of the
district of Darjeeling. namely, Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong, and
includes the following mouzas in the sub-division of Siliguri of that district:
(i) Lohagarh Tea Garden,
(ii) Lohagarh Forest.
(iii) Rangmohan,
(iv) Barachenga,
(v) Panighata,
(vi) Chota Adalpur.
(vii) Paharu,
(viii) Sukna Forest.
(ix) Sukna Part I.
(x) Pantapati Forest I.
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( Chapter l.-Preliminary.-Sections 3-6.)
(xi) Mahanadi Forest.

(xii) Champasari Forest,
(xiii) Salbari Chhat Part IL
(xiv) Sitong Forest,
(xv) Sivoke Hill Forest.
(xvi) Sivoke Forest,
(xvii) Chhota Chenga.
(xviii) Nipania.
(p) "rules" mean the rules made by the Government and includes the regulation
made by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration under this Act;
(q) "Fund" means the fund constituted under section 55;
(r) "State" means the State of West Bengal;
(s) "State Planning Board" means the West Bengal State Planning Board
established by the Government;
(t) "Zilla Parishad" means a Zilla Pari.shad constituted under section 140 of
the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973. West Ben. Act
XLI of 1973.
Gorkhaland 3. (l) There shall be a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration comprising the

Territorial
Administration. region as specified in the district of Darjeeling.
(2) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall be constituted in the manner
provided in this Chapter and shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as
are provided in Chapter II.
Incorporation of 4. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall be a body corporate, having

Gorkhaland
Territorial perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of
Administration. property and to contract, and shall, by its corporate name, sue and be sued.
Constitution and 5. ( 1) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall have a Sabha to be called
composition of
Gorkhaland the Gorkhaland TerritorialAdministration Sabha consisting of fifty Members, excluding
Territorial ex officio members mentioned in sub-section (3), of whom forty-five shall be elected
Administration
Sabha. on the basis of adult suffrage, from the territorial constituencies referred to in section 6
and five shall be nominated by the Governor.
(2) The Members to be nominated under sub-section (1) by the Governor may
include due representation of minorities, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and
women.
(3) The Members of Parliament, the Members of the Legislative Assembly and
the Chairpersons of the Municipalities of the region shall be ex officio Members of the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha:
Provided that they shall not have the right to vote.
Delimitation of 6. (1) There shall be 45 constituencies covering the region for election to the
constituencies.
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha. Each constituency shall be a single
member constituency and shall be territorial.
(2) The Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, determine
the territorial limits of constituencies into which the region shall be delimited for the
purpose of election of members to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha.
(3) The Government may. by notification, constitute a Committee for examining
the question of identification and transfer of additional areas of Siliguri, Terai and
Dooars to the region:
Provided that the Committee constituted by the Home Department, Government of
West Bengal, vide its notification No. 371-HA of 29th day of July, 2011, and published
in the Kolkata Gazette, Extraordinary, dated July, 29, 2011 shall be deemed to have
been constituted under the provisions of this sub-section.
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 20 I I.

( Chapter l=-Preliminare=Sections 7-10.)
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3 ). the electoral process

to constitute the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall be based on the
delimitation of constituencies in the region as determined under sub-section (2) and
the functions of the Committee constituted under sub-section (3) shall not affect the
process of election in any manner.
Power to alter or 7. The Government may, from time to time. by order published in the Official
amend
delimitation. Gazette, alter or amend any order made under sub-section (2) of section 6.
Qualification for 8. A person shall not be qualified to be elected as a Member of the Gorkhaland
membership of
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha unless he is an elector from any one of the
Territorial Admi- constituencies referred to in sub-section ( 1) of section 6.
nistration Sabha.
Disqualification of 9. (1) A person shall not be qualified for being elected to the Gorkhaland
member of
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha if-
Territorial
Administration (a) he is not a citizen of India; or
Sabha.
(b) he is less than 18 years of age; or
(c) he has been elected to any municipality, Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti
or Gram Panchayat within the region under this Act; or
(d) he is in the service of the Central or the State Government or a Gram
Panchayat or a Panchayat Samiti or a Zilla Parishad or a municipality; or
(e) he has, directly or indirectly by himself or by his partner or employer or
employee, any share or interest in any contract with, by or on behalf of
the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration or a municipality or a Zilla
Parishad or a Panchayat Samiti or a Gram Panchayat within the region;
or
(f) he has been dismissed from the service of the Central or the State
Government or a local authority or a co-operative society or a Government
company as defined in the Companies Act, 1956, or a Corporation owned I of 1956.
or controlled by the Central or the State Government for misconduct
involving moral turpitude and five years have not elapsed from the date of
such dismissal; or
(g) he has been adjudged by a competent Court to be of unsound mind; or
(h) he is an undischarged insolvent; or
(i) he being a discharged insolvent has not obtained from the Court a certificate
that his insolvency was caused by misfortune without any misconduct on
his part; or
(i) he has been convicted by a Court of an offence involving moral turpitude
punishable with imprisonment for a period of more than six months or an
offence under Chapter IXA of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 or section 3 or 45 of 1860.
section 9 of the West Bengal Local Bodies (Electoral Offences and West Ben. Act
Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1952 or Chapter III of Part VII of the X of 1952.
Representation of the People Act. 1951 and five years have not elapsed 43 of 1951.
from the date of expiration of the sentence.
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person shall not be deemed to hold an office
of profit under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha by reason only of his
being a Member. Chief Executive. Deputy Chief Executive. Chairman and Deputy
Chairman thereof.
Electoral rolls.
10. ( 1) So much of the electoral roll for any Assembly Constituency in force on
the last date of nominations for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha election
as relates to the area comprised within a constituency as defined in clause (b) of section
2 shall, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, be the
electoral roll for the election of Members from that constituency.
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The Gorklialand Territorial Administration Act, 201 I.

( Chapter Lr-Pretiminarv=Sections I 1-13.)
(2) Persons whose names are included in the electoral rolls of the relevantAssembly
constituencies in force on the last date of nominations for Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha election pertaining to the region under this Act shall be the
electorate for the election of Members.
(3) The Government shall, at any time and in the manner prescribed. cause to be
published the electoral roll in respect of a constituency of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha.
Right to vote. 11. ( 1) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, every person whose name is, for
the time being. entered in the electoral roll of any constituency within the region shall
be entitled to vote for in that constituency.
(2) No person shall vote at an election in any constituency, if he is subject to any of
the disqualifications referred to in section 16 of the Representation of the People Act, 43 of 1950.
1950.
(3) No person shall vote in more than one constituency.
(4) No person shall vote in the same constituency more than once.
(5) No person shall vote at any election ifhe is confined in a prison, whether under
a sentence of imprisonment or transportation or otherwise, or is in the lawful custody
of the police:
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to a person subject to preventive
detention under any law for the time being in force.
Election of 12. ( 1) Election of Members shall be held in accordance with the rules made under
members.
section 20 and the first election for the purpose of constituting the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha shall be held on such date or dates as the Government may, by
notification, appoint.
(2) The election shall be conducted by the Government.
General election 13. (1) A general election subsequent to the first election shall be held for the
to Gorkhaland
Territoral purpose of constituting a new Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha, before the
Administration expiration of the term of office of the Members, or as the case may be, the term of
Sabha.
office of the Administrator or the Board of Administrators as specified in section 17 or,
in the case of its earlier dissolution, soon after such dissolution, on such day or days
within a period of six months as the Government may fix.
(2) The Government may issue such orders as it may consider necessary or expedient
to give effect to the provisions of this Act in regard to the holding of the first election
referred to in section 12 and in regard to any matter connected therewith or incidental
thereto.
(3) If the office of an elected or nominated Member becomes vacant by reason of
his death, resignation or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled by election or nomination,
as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made
thereunder.
(4) If a person is elected to more than one seat in the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha, then, unless within a period of thirty days from the last of the
dates of election of such person he resigns all but one of the seats by writing under his
hand addressed to the authority or officer etc. referred to in clause (b) of section 20, all
the seats shall become vacant.
(5) For the purpose of sub-section (4) of this section and sub-sections (3) and (4)
of section 16, the date on which a person is declared by the returning officer to be
elected to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha, shall be the date of his
election.

( Chapter 1.-Preliminary.-Sections 14-17.)
Validation. 14. Where the Members elected at a general election are restrained from functioning
on account of the election as a whole being set aside by order of a Court. anything done
or any action taken by such Members before they are so restrained or before the election
is so set aside, as the case may be. shall be deemed to have been validly done or taken.
Publication of 15. The names of all persons elected or nominated to the Gorkhaland Territorial
results of
elections. Administration Sabha shall be published by the Government in the Official Gazette
and upon such publication, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall,
notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act be deemed to have been
duly constituted.
Vacation of seal. 16. (1) If an elected Member is chosen to be a Member of Parliament or of the
State Legislature then, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of publication in
the Gazette of India or the Official Gazette of the declaration that he has been so chosen,
the seat of such Member in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall
become vacant unless he has previously resigned his seat in Parliament or the State
Legislature, as the case may be.
(2) If a Member of Parliament or the State Legislature is elected as a Member
then, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of publication in the Official
Gazette of the declaration that he has been so elected, the seat of such Member in the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall become vacant, and he shall be
debarred from contesting any election to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Sabha for a period of ten years unless he has previously resigned his seat in Parliament
or the State Legislature, as the case may be.
(3) If any Member fails to make and subscribe within three months from the date
of his election or nomination to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha an
oath or affirmation in accordance with the provisions of section 23 or sub-section (10)
of section 37, then. at the expiration of the said period, the seat of such Member in the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall become vacant.
(4) If a person who is already nominated to the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha is elected to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha,
his seat in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha as a nominated Member
shall, on the date of his election, become vacant.
Term of office of 17. (1) The elected Members shall hold office for a period of five years from the
members.
date appointed by the Government for the first meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha after the general election for constitution of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha. unless it is dissolved earlier under section 64:
Provided that the said period of five years may, if the circumstances exist which, in
the opinion of the Government. render the holding of the election as aforesaid
impracticable, be extended by the Government for a period not exceeding one year:
Provided further that if it is not possible at any time, within the extended period of
one year as specified in the first proviso, to hold the first meeting which is required to
be held after each general election for constitution of a new Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha, the Government may, by order. appoint any person to be
designated as the Administrator, or constitute a Board of Administrators consisting of
several persons. one of whom to be appointed as Chairperson of such Board, to exercise
the caretaking powers of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha for a period
not exceeding six months at a time or until the date on which the first meeting of the
newly elected Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha is held. whichever is earlier:
Provided also that if the Government may consider necessary so to do in the public
interest. it may, by order, change the Administrator or reconstitute the Board of
Administrators.
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Tlze Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(Chapter I=Preliminarv=Sections 18, 19.)
(2) An elected Member, other than the Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Adnunistration, shall cease to hold office if-
( a) he ceases to be a Member. or
(b) he resigns his office in writing under his hand addressed to the Chairman
of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha. in which case the
resignation shall take effect from the date of its acceptance by the
Chairman.
(3) A nominated Member shall hold office until-
(a) he resigns his office in writing under his hand addressed to the Governor,
and the resignation shall take effect from the date of its acceptance by the
Governor, or
(b) his nomination is cancelled by the Governor, or
( c) a fresh nomination is made in his place by the Governor, or
(d) a new Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha is constituted after a
General Election held under sub-section (1) of section 13.
Removal of 18. (1) The Government may, after giving an opportunity to an elected Member
members.
to show cause against the action proposed to be taken against him, by order, remove
him from office-
( a) if after his election he is convicted by a criminal court of an offence
involving moral turpitude punishable with imprisonment for a period of
more than six months; or
(b) if he incurs any of the disqualifications mentioned in sub-section (1) of
section 9 after his election as a Member; or
( c) if he is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha without the leave of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha; or
(d) if he does not pay any arrear in respect of any tax, toll, fee or rate payable
Ben. Act
under this Act or the Bengal Village Self-Government Act, 1919 or the Vof 1919.
West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973. West Ben. Act
XLI of 1973.
(2) Any Member who is removed from his office under sub-section ( l) may, within
thirty days from the date of the order, appeal to such Authority as the Government may
appoint in this behalf, and, thereupon, the Authority so appointed may stay the operation
of the order till the disposal of the appeal and may, after giving notice of the appeal to
such Authority as may be prescribed and after giving the appellant an opportunity of
being heard, modify, set aside or confirm the order.
(3) The order passed by the Authority appointed under sub-section (2) on such
appeal shall be final.
Disqualification 19. (l) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Act,
on ground of
defection. the prescribed authority for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha (hereinafter
referred to as the prescribed Authority) may, subject to the other provisions of this
section, declare, for reasons to be recorded in writing, a Member to be disqualified for
being a Member thereof, if-
(a) he is an elected Member set up by a recognized political party, and has-
(i) voluntarily given up his membership of such recognized political
party, or
(ii) exercised the voting right contrary to the manner of voting of the
majority Members set up by such recognized political party; or
(b) he is an elected Member not set up by any recognized political party and
has joined a recognized political party on the expiry of six months from
the date of election:

(Chapter 1.-Preliminary.-Section 19.)
Provided that the prescribed Authority shall not declare any Member to be
disqualified under this section without giving to such Member a reasonable opportunity
to represent his case and to be heard in person:
Provided further that an elected Member referred to in sub-clause (ii) of clause (a)
shall not, on the prescribed authority being satisfied in this behalf. be declared to be
disqualified if-
(a) the action of such Member was taken on obtaining prior permission of, or
was condoned by, such recognized political party, or
(b) such Member claims that he and any other Member of such recognized
political party constitute a group representing a faction consisting
of not less than one-third of the total number of Members set up
by such recognized political party in the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha and that all the Members set up by such group have
voluntarily given up their Membership of such recognized political
party, or
(c) the former recognized political party of the Member merges with another
recognized political party, and he claims that he and other Members of his
former recognized political party-
(i) have become Members of such other recognized political party or
of a new recognized political party formed out of merger, as the
case may be, or
(ii) have not accepted the merger, and from the time of such merger, he
and such other Members constituting not less than one-third of the
total number of members set up by the former recognized political
party in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha, have opted
to remain members of the former recognized political party or have
formed a new recognized political party.
(2) On being declared to be disqualified under sub-section (1), a Member shall,

subject to the provisions of sub-section (12), stands removed from the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha from the date of such declaration.
(3) As soon as may be within one month from the date of the first meeting of a
Gorkhaland TerritorialAdministration Sabha, elected Members set up by the recognized
political parties shall, by adopting a resolution, select one Member from amongst
themselves to be the Leader and such Leader shall, within fifteen days from the date of
such selection. furnish to the prescribed Authority referred to in sub-section (1)-
(i) a copy of the resolution,
(ii) a signed statement containing the names, addresses and
constituencies of himself and other members set up by such
recognized political party, and
(iii) a copy of a set of rules and regulations, if any, by whatever name
called, of such recognized political party:
Provided that an office-bearer may also hold the office of the Leader.
(4) Where there is only one elected Member set up by a recognized political party
in a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha. he shall furnish the documents referred
to in sub-section (3) in relation to himself:
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( Chapter l.-Preliminary.-Section 19.)
Provided that in the event of any increase in the number of Members of such
recognized political party. the provisions of sub-section (3) shall apply as if the first
meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha was held on the date on
which such increase took place.
(5) A Member not belonging to any recognized political party shall furnish a
statement to that effect to the prescribed Authority referred to in sub-section ( 1) within
one month from the date of the first meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Sabha.
(6) In the event of any change of the information furnished under sub-section (3),
sub-section (4) or sub-section (5), the Leader or the member, as the case may be,
shall, as soon as may be within fifteen days from the date of such change, furnish
in writing such change of information to the prescribed Authority referred to in
sub-section (1).
(7) The Leader of any recognized political party referred to in sub-section (3) may
at any time file a petition endorsed by the General Secretary, or, if there is no General
Secretary, the Secretary, of the district unit of such recognized political party to the
prescribed Authority referred to in sub-section (1), stating that-
(a) one or more member of such recognized political party have-
(i) voluntarily given up his or her membership of such recognized
political party, or
(ii) exercised the voting right contrary to the manner of voting of the
majority members set up by such recognized political party in the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha, or
(b) the member referred to in sub-section (4) has voluntarily given up his
membership of the recognized political party that set him up, or
(c) the member referred to in sub-section (5) has joined a recognized political
party on the expiry of six months from the date of election, and that
such member or members should be declared to be disqualified under
sub-section (1) and should be removed from the Gorkhaland Territorial
(8) Every petition referred to in sub-section (7)-

(a) shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the
petitioner relies, and
(b) shall be accompanied by copies of the documentary evidence. if any, on
which the petitioner relies and, where the petitioner relies on any
information furnished to him by any person or persons, a statement
containing the names and addresses of such person or persons and the
gist of such information as furnished by such person or each of such
persons.
(9) On receipt of the petition referred to in sub-section (7). the prescribed Authority
referred to in sub-section ( 1) shall, as soon as possible within six weeks from the date
of the receipt of such petition, proceed to make any enquiry to satisfy himself. among
others, as to-
( a) the common decision in regard to the manner of voting to be exercised by
the majority members set up by the recognized political party, and

( Chapter 1.-Preliminary.-Section 20.)
(b) whether the member or members against whom such petition is filed.
exercised the voting right, in a meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha contrary to such manner of voting.
(JO) For the purpose of enquiry under sub-section (9), the prescribed Authority
may summon such members of the recognized political party or other persons. and
require such signed statements from, and production of such documents and records
by, the member or other persons as aforesaid, as he may deem necessary.
(11) As soon as possible within eight weeks from the date of receipt of the petition
referred to in sub-section (7), the prescribed Authority shall, in consideration of the
facts and the documents and the records before it.-
(a) reject the petition, or
(b) admit the petition wholly or in part and declare any Member or Members
to be disqualified under sub-section (l) for being Member.
( 12) Any Member declared disqualified under sub-section ( 1) or the Leader of the
recognized political party referred to in sub-section (7), if aggrieved by the decision of
the prescribed Authority may, within thirty days from the date of the order, appeal to
such Authority as the State Government may appoint in this behalf, and, thereupon, the
Authority so appointed may stay the operation of the order till the disposal of the
appeal and may, after giving notice of the appeal to the prescribed Authority, and after
giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, set aside or confirm the order or
declare under sub-section (1) any Member or Members to be disqualified for being
Members.
( 13) The order passed by the Authority appointed under sub-section ( 12) on the
appeal shall be final.
(14) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act or in any other
law for the time being in force, no court shall have any jurisdiction in respect of any
matter arising out of a Member being declared to be disqualified under sub-section (1)
for being a Member.
(15) The State Government may, by notification published in the Official Gazette,
make rule for carrying out the purposes of this section.
Explanation /.-For the purpose of this section, an elected Member shall be deemed
to be set up by a recognized political party if he has contested election within symbol
reserved for such recognized political party or if he has contested election with a
free symbol and joins a recognized political party and furnishes a declaration to that
effect to the prescribed Authority before the expiry of six months from the date of
election.
Explanation //.-"PrescribedAuthority for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

Sabha" shall mean an Authority appointed by the State Government by notification
published in the Official Gazette for the purpose of this section.
Power to make 20. The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to
rules regulating
elections. regulate all or any of the following matters for the purpose of holding of elections to
the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha under this Act-
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(Chapter Lr-Pretiminarc=Secuons 21, 22.)
(a) the designation of the officer or Authority to whom the power to determine
the territorial limits of constituencies under sub-section (2) of section 6
may be delegated and the officer or Authority who may prepare and
maintain the electoral roll under section l O;
(b) the appointment of election authority, election officer, returning officers,
presiding officers and polling officers for election and their powers,
functions and duties:
( c) the drawing up of the programme of elction;
( d) the nomination of candidates and the scrutiny of such nomination;
(e) the deposits to be made by candidates and the time and manner of making
such deposits;
(f) the withdrawal of candidatures;
(g) the appointment of agents of candidates;
(h) the filling up of casual vacancy;
(i) the general procedure at the election including the time, place and hours
of poll and the method by which votes shall be cast;
(i) the requisitioning of vehicles and premises in connection with the conduct
of elections and the penalty for contravention of any order regarding such
requisitioning;
(k) any other matter rerlating to election or election disputes in respect of
which the Government deems it necessary to make rules under this section
or in respect of which there is no provision in this Act or the provision is
insufficient and, in the opinion of the Government, adequate provision is
necessary.
Electoral offences. 21. ( l) For the purposes of this Act, the electoral offences provided for in section
125 to 136 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, shall be the electoral offences 43 of 1951.
at or in connection with the elections under this Act.
(2) Any person who is guilty of an electoral offence as aforesaid shall be punishable
in the same manner as is provided for in the said Act.
Disputes 22. ( l) No election shall be called in question except by an election petition
regarding presented in such manner as may be prescribed and before such authority as may be
elections.
appointed by the Government, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette:
Provided that no person below the rank of a District Judge within the meaning of
article 236 of the Constitution of India shall be appointed for the purpose.
(2) No election shall be called in question except on any one or more of the
following grounds, namely-
( a) that on the date of his election the returned candidate was not qualified, or
was disqualified, to be chosen to fill the seat in the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha;
(b) that a corrupt practice has been committed by a returned candidate or his
election agent or by any other person with the consent of the returned
candidate or his election agent.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "corrupt practice" shall
mean any of the corrupt practices specified in section 123 of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951;
( c) that any nomination has been improperly rejected;
( d) that the result of t.ie election in so far as it concerns the returned candidate
has been materially affected-
( i) by the improper acceptance of any nomination, or
(ii) by any corrupt practice committed in the interest of the returned
candidate by an agent other than his election agent, or
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(Chapter I.-Preliminmy.-~Sections 23, 24.-Chapter II.-Pmvff~ and Functions
ofthe Gorkhaland Territorial Administration=Sections 2), :26.)
(iii) by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote, or

(iv) by the reception of any vote which is void, or
(v) by any non-compliance with the provisions of this Act or of any
rules or orders made thereunder.
(3) At the conclusion of the trial of an election petition the authority appointed
under sub-section (I) shall make an order-
( a) dismissing the election petition; or
(b) declaring the election of all or any of the returned candidates to be void;
or
( c) declaring the election of all or any of the returned candidates to be void
and the petitioner or any other candidate to have been duly elected.
(4) If a petitioner, in addition to calling in question the election of a returned
candidate, makes a declaration that he himself or any other candidate has been duly
elected, and the authority under sub-section (I) is of opinion that-
( a) in fact that petitioner or such other candidate has received the majority of
valid votes, or
(b) but for the votes obtained by the returned candidate by corrupt practice
the petitioner or such other candidate would have obtained the majority of
the valid votes,
the authority as aforesaid shall, after declaring the election of the returned candidate to
be void, declare the petitioner or such other candidate, as the case may be, to have been
duly elected.
Oath or 23. Every Member, other than the Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial
affirmation by
members. Administration shall, before the first meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha or as soon as thereafter, make and subscribe before such person
as may be appointed by the Government in this behalf, an oath or affirmation, and shall
be given a certificate of receipt of the form of oath or affirmation as so made and
subscribed, according to the form set out for the purpose in the first schedule.
Allowances of 24. Every Member shall be entitled to receive such allowances as may be fixed by
members.
the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and as may be approved by the
Government.
CHAPTER II
Powers and Functions of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Conduct of
business. 25. (I) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall meet for the conduct
of business at least once in every three months and shall conduct its business in such
manner and in accordance with such procedure as may be determined by it by regulations
with the approval of the Government.
(2) The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall be not less than one-third of its total
number of Members and the decision of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Sabha shall be by simple majority of votes of the Members present.
Matter to be under 26. Subject to the provisions of this Act and any other law for the time being in
control and
administration of force and any general or special direction of the Government, the Gorkhaland Territorial
Gorkhaland Administration shall have administrative, financial and executive powers in the region
Territorial in relation to-
Administration.
(i) Agriculture, including agricultural education and research protecting
against pest and prevention of plants diseases; Horticulture,
Floriculture and Food processing;

(Chapter Il=-Powers and Functions of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration==Section ]6.j
(ii) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, that is to say preservation,

protection and improvement of stock and prevention of animal
diseases, veterinary training and practices, cattle pounds; Dairy
development;
(iii) Co-operation;
(iv) Information and Cultural Affairs;
( v) School Education including primary education, secondary education,
higher secondary education (including vocational training); Physical
Education; Government Schools;
(vi) College Education including Agricultural and Technical Colleges;
Local Management of Government sponsored Colleges; Mass
Education and Physical Education; Engineering, Medical,
Management, and Information Technology with Government and
Government sponsored colleges for which wings or cells shall have
to be created by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration for the
area under its jurisdiction;
(vii) Adult Education and Library Services;
(viii) Fisheries;
(ix) Irrigation, drainage and embankments, floods and landslide
protection;
(x) Food and Civil Supplies; Consumer Affairs;
(xi) Management of any forest, not being Reserved Forest;
Explanation. - "Reserved Forest" shall mean a reserved forest as
16 of 1927.
constituted under Indian Forest Act, 1927;
(xii) Micro and Small Scale Industries, handloom and textiles; handicrafts
and Khadi and Village industries;
(xiii) Cinchona plantation and settlement of land in possession of the
plantation inhabitants; management of lease of cinchona lands etc.
under it;
(xiv) Woman and Child Development and Social Welfare;
(xv) District Sainik Board;
(xvi) "Health including Public Health and Family welfare" including
hospitals, dispensaries, health centres and sanatoriums, establishing
a Nurses Training School;
(xvii) Intoxicating liquors, opium derivatives subject to the provisions of
Entry 84 of List I of the Seventh Schedule; distilleries-control and
regulation, Bonded House and raising of revenue;
(xviii) Irrigation;
(xix) Water Resources Investigation and Minor Irrigation;
(xx) Labour and Employment;
(xxi) Land and Land Revenue including allotment, occupation or use,
setting apart of land other than land with reserved forest for the
purposes of agriculture or grazing or for residential or other non-
agricultural purposes to promote interest of the people;
(xxii) Library services (financed and controlled by the State Government);
(xxiii) Lotteries (subject to the provisions of the Entry 40 of the List I of
the Seventh Schedule);
(xxiv) Theatre, dramatic performances and cinemas (subject to the
provisions of the Entry 60 of the List I of the Seventh Schedule);
sports; entertainment and amusements;
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Administration=Section 26.)
(xxv) Markets and fairs;

(xxvi) Municipal corporation, improvement of trust, district boards and
other local authorities; Fire Services;
(xxvii) Museum and archeology institutions controlled or financed by the
State. ancient and historical monuments and records other than those
declared by or under any Law made by Parliament to be of national
importance;
(xxviii) Panchayat and Rural Development including District Rural
Development Agency;
(xxix) Planning and Development:
(xxx) Printing and Stationery;
(xxxi) Public Health Engineering;
(xxxii) Public Works Department including work relating to State Highways
as well as the responsibility discharged by the State Government for
maintenance of National Highways within the jurisdiction of
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration;
(xxxiii) Publicity and Public Relations including Regulation of Media-both
Print and Electronic media;
(xxxiv) Registration of births and deaths;
(xxxv) Relief and Rehabilitation; disaster management;
(xxxvi) Sericulture;
(xxxvii) Small cottage and rural industry subject to the provisions of Entries
7 and 52 of List I of the Seventh Schedule;
(xxxviii) Social Welfare, including welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes, and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Development
and Finance Corporation that may be set up for Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration; tribal research institutions that may be set up for
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration area;
(xxxix) Soil conservation;
(xl) Sports and Youth Welfare;
(xii) Statistics;
(xiii) Tourism; along with Tourism infrastructure within the jurisdiction
of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration area including Tourism
Development Corporation that may be set up for the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration area;
(xliii) Transport (roads, bridges, ferries and other means of communication
not specified in List I of the Seventh Schedule, municipal tramways,
ropeways, inland waterways and traffic thereon, subject to the
provision of List I and List III of the Seventh Schedule with regard
to such waterways, vehicles and other mechanically propelled
vehicles);
(xliv) Urban development-town and country planning;
(xiv) Weights and measures subject to the provisions of Entry 50 of List I
of the Seventh Schedule;
(xlvi) Welfare of plain tribes and backward classes subject to the area being
under Gorkhaland Territorial Administration only;
(xlvii) Welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Other
Backward Classes;
(xlviii) Welfare of Minorities:
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(Chapter II.-Powers and Functions of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration.-Sections ]7-3].)
(xlix) Management and settlement of land including markets and market

shed controlled by the Darjeeling Improvement Fund;
(1) Minor Minerals and Mineral development (subject to the provisions
of the Entry 23 of the List II of the Seventh Schedule);
(Ii) Rural electrification;
(Iii) Renewable sources of energy including water-power (subject to Entry
56 of the List I and Entry 38 of the List III of the Seventh Schedule);
(liii) Sharing electricity with Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
subject to evolving a mutually agreeable fornmla with the State
Government;
(liv) Pounds and prevention of cattle trespass;
(Iv) Management of burial grounds and cremation grounds;
(lvi) Regulation of Cable channels, to the extent the powers of Central
7 of 1995.
Act, i.e. the Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995, vests
with the State Government;
(lvii) Tauzi; Tanzi Department of the Collectorate.
Regional Transport 27. There shall be a Regional Transport Authority for the Gorkhaland Territorial
Authority for
Gorkhaland Administration area with District Magistrate as the Chairman and two non-official
Territorial members to be nominated by the Chief Executive.
Administration.
General powers. 28. Subject to the general policy and direction of the Government, the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration shall-
(i) formulate integrated development plans for the region, and
(ii) implement schemes and programmes for development of the region.
Power to acquire, 29. The power of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration to acquire, hold and
hold and dispose dispose of property and to enter into contracts under section 4 shall be subject to the
of property etc.
condition that in all cases of acquisition or disposal of immovable property, the value
of which exceeds rupees one crore or which is outside in the region the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration obtain previous approval of the Government.
Power to make 30. (1) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall have power, subject to
regulations. the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder by the Government, to make,
regulations to be applicable within the region with respect to all or any of the matters
enumerated in section 26 for the regulation and control thereof.
(2) All regulations made under sub-section ( 1) shall have effect upon their
publication in the Official Gazette.
Power of 31. Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Government may, with the consent
Government to of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, entrust either conditionally or
entrust functions.
unconditionally to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration the functions in relation
to any matter, not enumerated in section 26, to which the executive power of the State
extends.
Property vested in 32. Subject to such restrictions or conditions as the Government may think fit to
Gorkhaland
Territorial
impose, all properties specified below and situated in the region shall vest in and belong
Administration. to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration with all other properties which may become
vested in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and shall be under the direction,
management and control of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and shall be
held and applied by it for the purposes of this Act, namely:-
(a) all public buildings constructed and maintained out of the Fund;
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(Chapter Il=-Powers and Functions ofthe Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration=Sections 33, 34.)
(b) all public roads which have been constructed or maintained out of the
Fund and stones and other materials thereof and also trees, erections,
materials, implements and things provided for such roads:
(c) all lands and other properties, movable or immovable, transferred to the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration by the Government;
(d) all assets and properties owned and controlled by the Darjeeling Gorkha
Hill Council in the region or outside.
Power to impose 33. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being
levy. and collect
taxes and fees.
in force, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall have power to collect within
the region such taxes payable under such law for the time being in force on such terms
and conditions as may be notified by the Government:
Provided that the tax or taxes as aforesaid shall be collected by the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration from such date as may be appointed by the Government in
this behalf by notification in the Official Gazette.
(2) Subject to such maximum rates as the Government may prescribe, the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may-
(a) levy tolls on persons, vehicles or animals or any class of them at any toll-
bar established by it on any road other than a kutcha road or any bridge
vested in it or under its management;
(b) levy tolls in respect of any ferry established by it or under its management;
(c) levy the following fees and rates, namely:-
(i) fee on the registration of boats or vehicles;
(ii) fee for providing sanitary arrangements at such places of worship or
pilgrimage, fairs and me/as within its jurisdiction as may be specified
by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette;
(iii) fee for licenses;
(iv) water-rate, where arrangements for the supply of water for drinking,
irrigation or any other purpose is made by the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration within its jurisdiction;
(v) lighting rate, where arrangement for lighting of public streets and
places is made by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration within
its jurisdiction.
(3) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall not undertake registration of
any vehicle or levy fee therefor and shall not provide sanitary arrangements at places
of worship or pilgrimage, fairs, and me/as within its jurisdiction or levy fee thereof if
such vehicle has already been registered by any other authority under any law for the
time being in force or if such provision for sanitary arrangement has already been
made by any other local authority.
(4) The scales of tolls, fees or rates and the terms and conditions for the imposition
thereof shall be such as may be provided by regulations. Such regulations may provide
for exemption from all or any of the tolls, fees or rates in any class of cases.
Power of 34. (I) Notwithstanding the provisions of West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973 or West Ben. Act
supervision over XLI of 1973.
municipalities, the West Bengal Municipal Act, 1993. the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
West Ben. Act
Panchavat shall exercise general powers of supervision over Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samities, XXII of 1993.
Samitis, Gram
Gram Panchayats and municipalities in the region constituted in accordance with
Panchayats and
Zilla Parishad. the provisions of the Constitution of India, and it shall be the duty of every such
Zilla Parishad. Panchayat Samiti, Gram Panchayat or municipality to give effect to
any direction of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on matters of policy or
planning for development.
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(Chapter ll=Powers and Functions ofthe Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration.-Sections 35. 36.-Chapter III.-Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha and Committees thereof=Section 37.)
(2) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall. until the Zilla Parishad is
constituted under sub-section ( l ), exercise all the powers of the Zilla Parish ad under
section 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161 and 162 of the West Bengal
Panchayat Act, 1973.
Inspection of 35. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may-
work of
Panchaya ts, (a) inspect, or cause to be inspected, any immovable property used or occupies
by a Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti or Gram Panchayat under it or any
work in progress under the direction of the Panchayat Samiti,
(b) inspect or examine, or depute an officer to inspect or examine, any
department of the Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti or Gram Panchayat
or any service, work or thing under the control of the Zilla Parishad,
Panchayat Samiti, Gram Panchayat,
( c) inspect or cause to be inspected utilization of funds, in respect of schemes
or programmes assigned to the Zilla Parishad. Panchayat Samiti, Gram
Panchayat by the Government for execution either directly or through the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration,
(d) require the Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Gram Panchayat, for the
purpose of inspection or examination as aforesaid,-
( i) to produce any book, record, correspondence or other documents, or
(ii) to furnish any return, plan, estimate, statement, accounts or statistics, or
(iii) to furnish or obtain any report or information.
Disputes. 36. If any dispute arises between a Gram Panchayat or a Panchayat Samiti or a Zilla
Parishad or a municipality in the region and the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
such dispute shall be referred by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration to the
Government and the decision of the Government thereon shall be final.
CHAPTER III
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and Committees thereof
Chief Executive, 37. ( 1) The first meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha after
Deputy Chief
Executive,
each general election shall be held on the date appointed by Government under sub-
Chairman, Deputy section ( 1) of section 17.
Chairman etc.
(2) There shall be a Chairman who shall be elected in such manner as may be
prescribed by rules by the Government, and who shall preside over the conduct of
business of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha.
(3) The Chairman of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha-
(a) shall cease to hold office as such forthwith ifhe ceases to be a Member of
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha;
(b) may, at any time, by giving notice in writing under his hand addressed to
the Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, resign
his office from such date as may be specified in the notice or, if no such
date is specified in the notice, from the date of his acceptance by the
Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration;
( c) may be removed from office by a resolution carried by a majority of the
total number of elected Members at a special meeting of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha called for this purpose upon a requisition
made in writing by not less than one-third of such Members.
(4) There shall be a Deputy Chairman, who shall be elected in such manner as
may be prescribed by the Government, who in absence of the Chairman shall conduct
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(Chapter 11!.-Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Sabha and Committees thereof-Section 38.J
the business of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha. The Deputy Chairman
of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha shall continue to hold office until-
(a) he ceases to be a Member, or
(b) he resigns his office in writing under his hand addressed to the Chief
Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, in which case the
resignation shall take effect from the date of its acceptance by the Chief
Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, or
( c) his election as Deputy Chairman is cancelled by the Chief Executive of
the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration:
Provided that notwithstanding such cancellation of his election, he shall,
subject to the other provisions of this Act, continue to hold office as a
Member.
(5) The Government may nominate one of the elected Members, not being a
candidate for election as Chairman of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha,
to preside over the first meeting for the election of Chairman of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha.
(6) There shall be a Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
who shall be elected by the elected members from amongst themselves in such manner
as may be prescribed. The election of the Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration shall be conducted by Chairman who shall preside over the meeting
immediately after he is elected as Chairman under sub-section (2).
(7) The outgoing Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
shall convene the first meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha on
the appointed date by sending notice, specifying therein the date, time and place of the
meeting to the registered address of each Member elected to the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha at least seventy-two hours before the time fixed for such meeting:
Provided that if the outgoing Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration fails to convene the meeting on the appointed date, the Government
may authorize an officer to convene the first meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha on a date to be specified by the Government in this behalf
(8) In the case ofany casual vacncy in the office of the Chief Executive caused by
death, resignation, removal or otherwise, the elected Members shall, in accordance
with such procedure as may be prescribed, elect one of the Members to fill up the
vacancy:
Provided that pending the election of a Chief Executive, the Government may
appoint by name one of the Members to be the Chief Executive who shall hold office
as Chief Executive and shall exercise all the powers and discharge all the functions of
the Chief Executive, until a Chief Executive, elected in accordance with the provisions
of this Act and the rules made thereunder, enters upon his office.
(9) The Chief Executive may nominate one Member to be the Deputy Chief
Executive.
( 10) The Chief Executive shall, within one month from the date of election, make
and subscribe before the Governor an oath or affirmation and shall be given a certificate
of receipt of oath or affirmation as so made and subscribed according to the form set
out for the purpose in the Second Schedule.
Term ofoffice of 38. ( l) The Chief Executive-
Chief Executive,
Deputy Chief ( a) shall cease to hold office as such forthwith ifhe ceases to be a Member of
Executive. Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha; or
(b) may, at any time, by giving notice in writing under his hand addressed to
the Governor of the State, resign his office from such date as may be
specified in the notice or, if no such date is specified in the notice, from
the date of his acceptance by the Governor; or
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(Chapter III.-Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha
and Committees thereof-Sections 39, 40.)
( c) may be removed from office by a resolution carried by a majority of the

total number of elected Members at a special meeting of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha called for this purpose upon a requisition
made in writing by not less than one-third of such Members.
(2) The Deputy Chief Executive shall hold office until-
(a) he ceases to be a Member, or
Executive, in which case the resignation shall take effect from the date of
its acceptance by the Chief Executive, or
(c) his nomination as Deputy Chief Executive is cancelled by the Chief
Executive:
Provided that notwithstanding such cancellation of his nomination, he
shall, subject to the other provisions of this Act, continue to hold office as
a Member of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha.
Salaries and 39. The members of the Executive Sabha shall be whole time functionaries and
Allowances of
Executive Sabha shall be paid out of the Fund such salaries and allowances and shall be entitled to such
Member. leave of absence for such period or periods on such terms and conditions as may be
prescribed:
Provided that an Executive Sabha Member, not holding any charge of any matter
or department of that Sabha, shall be entitled to the same status and privileges to which
any other Member is entitled.
Powers, functions 40. (1) The Chief Executive shall-

and duties.
(a) have general responsibility for the financial and executive administration;
(b) exercise administrative supervision and control over all officers and
employees of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, and the officers
and employees whose services may be placed at the disposal of the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration by the Government;
( c) for the transaction of business under this Act or for the purpose of making
any order under this Act, exercise such powers, perform such functions
and discharge such duties as may be exercised, performed or discharged
by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration under this Act or the rules
made thereunder:
Provided that the Chief Executive shall not exercise such powers,
perform such functions or discharge such duties as may be required by
the rules made under this Act to be exercised, performed or discharged by
the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha at a meeting:
(d) exercise such other powers, perform such other functions and discharge
such other duties as the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may,
by general or special resolution, direct or as the Government may, by rule
made in this behalf, prescribe.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section ( 1) or any other provisions
of this Act, where the Administrator or the Board of Administrators has been appointed
or constituted, as the case may be, by the Government under the second proviso to sub-
section (1) of section 17, the powers exercisable, and functions performed, by the
Chief Executive under the Act shall be exercised and performed by such authority as
the Government may, by notification, specify.
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Committees thereof-Sections 41,42.)
(3) The Deputy Chief Executive shall-

(a) exercise such of the powers. perform such of the functions and discharge
such of the duties of the Chief Executive as the Chief Executive may
from time to time, subject to the rules make in this behalf by the
Government. delegate to him by order in writing:
Provided that the Chief Executive may at any time withdraw the
powers and functions delegated to the Deputy Chief Executive;
(b) during the absence of the Chief Executive, exercise all the powers,
perform all the functions and discharge all duties of the Chief Executive;
( c) exercise such other powers, perform such other functions, and discharge
such other duties as the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha
may, by general or special resolution, direct or as the Government may,
by rules made in this behalf, prescribe.
Executive Sabha. 41. ( l) There shall be an Executive Sabha consisting of the Chief Executive and
fourteen other Executive members including the Deputy Chief Executive, who shall
be nominated by the Chief Executive from the elected or nominated members.
(2) The Chief Executive shall allot among the other Executive Sabha Members
the business of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration by assigning one or more
Department(s) to the charge of an Executive Sabha Member:
Provided that nothing in this Act shall prevent the assigning of one Department
to the charge of more than one Executive Sabha Member.
(3) The manner of transaction of business of the Executive Sabha shall be such
as may be determined by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha by
regulations.
(4) The Executive Sabha shall be responsible to the Gorkhaland Territorial

(5) No Executive Sabha Member shall hold any office of profit for so long as
he holds the office of Executive Sabha Member or member of his family shall, either
directly or indirectly-
(a) enter into any contract, or
(b) have any dealing or transaction, with the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha without the specific and prior approval of that
Sabha.
Term of office of 42. An Executive Sabha Member shall hold office as Executive Sabha Member
Executive Sabha.
until-
(a) he ceases to be a Member of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Sabha, or
Executive and the resignation shall take effect from the date of its
acceptance by the Chief Executive. or
771e Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton Act, 2011.
(Chapter ll/.-Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and

Committees thereof-Sections 43-49.)
(c) his nomination as Executive Sabha Member is cancelled by the Chief

Executive. or
(d) a fresh nomination is made in his place by the Chief Executive.
Discharge of 43. (1) The administrative. financial and the executive functions of the Gorkhaland
functions.
Territorial Administration shall vest in the Executive Sabha.
(2) All orders or instruments made or executed by the Executive Sabha shall be
deemed to have been made or executed by or under the authority of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration and every such order or instrument shall be authenticated
by the signature of the head of the Executive Sabha or any other Executive Member
or by any officer of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration authorized in writing
by the head of Executive Sabha in this behalf.
Power of 44. The Executive Sabha shall refer to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Executive Sabha. Sabha for approval of the following matters, namely:-
( a) all proposals for making regulations or by-laws under the provisions of
this Act;
(b) all cases affecting the relations of Government with the Gorkaland
Territorial Administration.
General power 45. (1) The Chief Executive shall exercise such powers and discharge such
of Chief
Executive.
functions as are conferred on him by or under this Act.
(2) The Chief Executive shall make, for the convenient transaction of business
of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha, allocation among such Sabha
Members of the said business in so far as it is not business with respect to which
the Chief Executive is by or under this Act required to act in his discretion as he
thinks fit.
Meeting of the 46. The Chief Executive shall preside over the meeting of the Executive Sabha.
Executive The Executive Sabha shall meet not less than once in every month for the transaction
Sabha.
of business at such place and at such time as the Chief Executive may direct.
Quorum. 47. The quorum necessary for the transaction of business at a meeting of the
Executive Sabha shall be one-third of the total number of Members of the Executive
Sabha.
Special power 48. (1) In case in which the Chief Executive is required to take, in accordance
of Chief
Executive. with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or of any other law
for the time being in force, any action subject to the approval of the Executive Sabha,
such Sabha may, subject to such conditions, if any. as it may specify authorize the
Chief Executive in writing to take such action in anticipation of such approval.
(2) Whenever the Chief Executive takes any action under sub-section (1) he shall
inform the Executive Sabha forthwith.
Execution of 49. If the Chief Executive is satisfied that an emergency has arisen and is of the
work etc. in
case of opinion that the immediate execution of any work or the doing of any act, which
emergency. ordinarily requires the approval of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha
or the Executive Sabha, is necessary for the maintenance of services or the safety
of the public or the prevention of extensive damage to any property of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration, he may direct that the expenses for such execution or doing
shall be paid from the Fund:
22 THE KOLKA TA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY. MARCH 12. 2012 [PART HI
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton Act, 2011.
(Chapter lll=-Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and

Committees thereof-Section SO.-
Chapter lV.-Officers and Staff of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration=-Sections 51-53.)
Provided that the Chief Executive shall report forthwith to the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha or to the Executive Sabha. as the case may be. the
action taken under this section and the reasons thereof.
Committees. 50. The Chief Executive may, from time to time. appoint such committee
constituting of members from amongst the Members as may be required for the
efficient discharge of the functions of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
CHAPTER IV
Officers and Staff of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Principal 51. (1) There shall be a Principal Secretary to the Gorkhaland Territorial
Executve Officer.
Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Secretary), not below the rank
of Secretary or Commissioner to the State Government, appointed by the Government
in consultation with Chief Executive.
(2) The Principal Secretary shall be paid out of the Fund such salaries and
allowances as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Government.
(3) The Principal Secretary shall be the Principal Executive Officer of the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and all other officers of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration shall be subordinate to him. He shall have the right to be
present at a meeting of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha or of the
Executive Sabha or of any Committee of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
Sabha and to take part in the discussions as if he were a member of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha or of the Executive Sabha or of the committee
aforesaid and may, with the consent of the Chief Executive or any other person
presiding over such meeting for the time being, as the case may be, at any time make
a statement, or give an explanation, of facts, but he shall not be entitled to vote.
(4) (a) The Principal Secretary shall act under the direction of the Chief Executive.
(b) The Principal Secretary shall be responsible for the maintenance of the
records of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and the Executive Sabha.
(5) The Principal Secretary appointed under sub-section ( l) shall not be transferred
within a period of two years of the assumption of office, without the consent of the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
Appointment of
Secretary. 52. The Government may, in consultation with the Chief Executive, place at the
disposal of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration the service of an officer of
the Government for appointment as Secretary to the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration.
Deputation of
other officers. 53. The Government may, in consultation with Chief Executive, depute such
other officers and experts as may be required to assist the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administartion on such terms and conditions as the Government may
determine.
(Chapter 1V.-Officers and Staff' of the Gorkhaland Territorial

Administration=-Section 54.-Chapter \I.-
Funds and Audit=Section 55.)
Officers and 54. (1) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may, with the approval of
other
employees the Government create such posts as are equivalent to Group R Group C and
Group D posts under the Government and make regulations relating to their conditions
of service:
Provided that where any disciplinary or other action is required to be taken against
any such employee, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall have the power
to initiate such disciplinary action against such employee whereupon the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration shall report the same forthwith to the Government for such
further action as the Government may think fit.
(2) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may, make appointment of persons

to such categories of sanctioned posts as are equivalent to Group 'B',
Group 'C' and Group 'D' posts under Government after making regulations relating
to the conditions of service of such persons with the approval of the Governor subject
to the budgetary provisions including long term liabilities of post retirement benefits
such as pension. gratuity etc. Such appointments shall be made through a Subordinate
Service Selection Board to be set up for this purpose.
(3) The State Public Service Commission shall be consulted for the recruitment
of Group 'A' officers.
CHAPTER V
Funds and Audit
Fund. 55. ( 1) There shall be a fund to be called the Fund to be held by the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration in trust for the purpose of this Act and all moneys realized
or realizable under this Act and all moneys otherwise received by the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration shall be credited thereto.
(2) All funds as may be allocated by the Central Government or the State
Government for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall be assigned to it and
shall be credited to the Fund.
(3) (i) The allocation sanctioned in the budget of the Fund and all funds
sanctioned by the State Government or the Central Government which remain unspent
at the close of the financial year shall be taken into account for the purpose of
providing additional resources in the Budget of the following year or years and the
fund requirements shall be met on a yearly basis.
(ii) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may, subject to the provisions
of any law relating to the raising of loans by local authorities, raise with approval
of the Government loans for the purposes of this Act and create a sinking fund for
the repayment of such loan.
(4) The moneys credited to the Fund shall be applied for payment of all sums
charges and costs necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(5) No payment shall be made out of the Fund unless such expenditure is covered
by a current budget grant:
Provided that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may make payments in
terms of refund of deposits by contractors or for urgent works undertaken in an
emergency or required by the Government in the public interest or under the decree
The Gorkhaland Territorial Adtninistraton Act, 2011.
(Chapter V.-Funds and Audit=-Scctions 56. 57.)
or order of a civil or criminal court against the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

and for such other cases as may be prescribed:
Provided further that such expenditure shall be reported to the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration for taking such action under the provisions of this Act as
may appear to it to be feasible for covering the amount of such payments.
(6) Fund, other than the Fund received either from the Central Government or
the State Government standing at the credit of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
as are not required for immediate purpose, may be invested in Government Securities,
deposits in the Scheduled Commercial Bank and in other similar instruments in
accordance with such regulations as may be made by the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration in this behalf.
(7) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may make regulations for the
management of the Fund and for the procedure to be followed in respect of the
payment of moneys into the said Fund, withdrawal of moneys therefrom, the custody
of moneys therein and any other matter incidental thereto or connected therewith.
(8) The accounts of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall be kept in
such form as may be prescribed in consultation with the Accountant-General.
(9) Subject to the provisions of the Comptroller and Auditor-General (Duties, 56 of I 971.
Powers, and Conditions of Service) Act, 197 L and the rules and the orders made
thereunder, the audit of the accounts of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
shall be entrusted by the Government to the Comptroller and Auditor-General oflndia
who may submit to the Government such report thereon as he may deem fit. The
Government shall transmit the report to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
for discussion and consideration. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall
return the report to the Government with comments, if any. The Government shall
lay such reports with the comments of the Gorkhaland Terrirotrial Administration
before the State Legislature.
(10) The Governor shall obtain a report on the functioning of the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration and cause that report to be laid on the table of the
Legislative Assembly annually.
Licenses of 56. Such share of royalties accruing each from forest, fees for grant of license
cases for the
purpose of or lease for the purpose of prospecting for, or extraction of minerals granted by the
prospecting for Government and land revenue in respect of region as may be agreed upon between
or extraction of
minerals. the Government and the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall be made over
to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
Budget.
57. (1) The Grokhaland Territorial Administration shall, at such time and in such
manner as may be prescribed, prepare in each financial year a budget of its estimated
receipts and disbursements for the following financial year and submit it to the
Government by the 1st November of the current financial year.
(2) The Government may, within such time as may be prescribed, either approve
the budget or return it to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration for such
modifications as it may direct. On such modifications being made the budget shall
be resubmitted within such time as may be prescribed for approval of the Government.
If the approval of the Government is not received by the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration by the last date of the financial year, the budget shall be deemed to
have been approved by the Government.
(3) The Government shall provide formula based plan fund with 60 per cent
wieghtage on population and the balance weightage on area backwardness, hill areas
and border areas in two equal instalments every year for executing development
works.
PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 12, 2012 25
711e Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton A.ct, 2011.
(Chapter V.-Funds and Audit=-Section 58.-Chapter Vl.-

Miscellaneous.-Sections 59-61.)
( 4) The Government shall provide Non-plan grant including provtsions for

bearing the additional Non-plan expenditure for existing employees payable in two
instalments in respect of the offices or departments transferred to Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration.
(5) No expenditure shall be incurred unless the provisions have been made in
the approved budget of Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
Supplementary 58. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may prepare in each financial year
budget.
a supplementary estimate providing for any modification of its budget for that year
and may submit it to the Government for approval.
CHAPTER VI
Miscellaneous
Inspection of 59. Notwithstanding anything contained elsewhere in this Act the Government
account etc.
may-
(a) if it is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do, cause an
inspection to be made of the accounts of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration from time to time and may, for the conduct of such
inspection, appoint in consultation with the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration such officer or officers as the Government may think fit,
and
(b) advise the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration on the accounts of that
Sabha.
Transfer of 60. (1) The Government may transfer any institution under its management or
institution. control to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, subject to such conditions,
limitations and restrictions as may be agreed upon.
(2) When an institution is transferred under sub-section (1), all persons employed
in the institution shall, with effect from the date of such transfer, be deemed to be
on deputation to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration and the terms and conditions
of service of such persons shall not be less advantageous than what they were entitled
to immediately before such transfer.
(3) Persons employed in the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council shall, with effect
from the date of such transfer, who were borne on Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council
shall be deemed to be the employee of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
Those on deputation to Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council shall be deemed to be on
deputation to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration or shall be permanently
placed to Gorkhaland Territorial Administration depending on their option exercised
in keeping with the terms and conditions of their service. The terms and conditions
of service of such persons shall not be disadvantageous than what they were entitled
to immediately before such transfer.
Amendment or 61. If, at any time, the Government is satisfied that a regulation or by-law or
suspension of resolution made by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration or the Executive Sabha
regulations, by-
law and is contrary to any provision of the Constitution of India or any law for the time being
resolutions. in force, the Government may annul or suspend such regulation or by-law or
resolution, as the case may be, and take such steps as it may consider necessary to
prevent the enforcement or operation or continuance of such regulation or by-law
or the giving effect to such resolution.
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton Act, 201 I.
( Chapter Vl.-Miscellaneous.-Section.s 62-68.)
Power of State 62. The State Planning Board shall have powers to supervise and evaluate the
Planning Board.
works of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration.
Power of issue 63. In the discharge of its functions. the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
directions.
shall be guided by such instructions or directions as may be given to it by the
Government from time to time for the proper implementation of the objects of the
Act.
Dissolution.
64. (l) If in the opinion of the Government. the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration-
(i) has shown its incompetence to perform, or has made default in the
performance of, the duties imposed on it by or under the Act or any
other law for the time being in force, or
(ii) has exceeded or abused its power,
the Government may. by order to be published in the Official Gazette stating the
reasons therefor, supersede the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and
direct that it be re-constituted within such period not exceeding six months as may
be specified in the order.
(2) The Government shall before making any order under sub-section (1). give
to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration an opportunity of making representation
to the Government in respect of the same.
Effect of
supersession. 65. When an order of supersession has been passed under section 64 with effect
from the date of the order-
(a) all the Members shall vacate their office, and
(b) all the powers, duties and functions of the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration Sabha and the Executive Sabha shall be exercised,
discharged and performed by such Sabha or authorities or such person
or persons as may be appointed by the Government in this behalf.
Power to make
66. Notwithstanding anything contained in any State Act, the Gorkhaland
rules under
State Acts by Territorial Administration shall, with the approval of the Governor, make rules not
the Gorkhaland inconsistent with those Act, or adopt the rules made under those Acts, which may
Territorial
be applicable to the region.
Administration.
Power to make
rules.
67. (1) The Government may make rules providing for any matter which under
any provision of this Act is required to be prescribed or to be provided for by rules.
(2) Every rule made under this section or under section 20 shall be laid as soon
as may be after it is made, before the State Legislature. while it is in session, for
a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two
or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session immediately
following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, the State Legislature agrees
in making any modification in the rule or the State Legislature agrees that the rules
should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form
or be of no effect, as the case may be, so, however, that any such modification or
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under
that rule.
Members.
officers and 68. The Chief Executive, the Duputy Chief Executive, Chairman, Deputy Chairman,
employees to be the Members, the officers and other employees of the Gorkhaland Territorial
public servants. Administration shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section
21 of the Indian Penal Code. 1860. 45 of 1860.
PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 12, 2012 27
( Chapter Vl.-Miscellaneous.-Sections 69-74.)
Validation. 69. No act or proceeding of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall be

deemed to be invalid merely by reason of existence of any vacancy in the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha or any defect or irregularity in the constitution
thereof.
Indemnity.
70. No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Gorkhaland Territorial
Administration or against any Member or against any officer or employee of the
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration for anything in good faith done or intended
to be done in pursuance of this Act or of any rules or regulations made thereunder.
Interpretation. 71. If any question arises as to the interpretation of any of the provisions of this
Act or the rules made thereunder, the same shall be referred to the Government whose
decision thereon shall be final.
Removal of 72. If any difficulties arise in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the
difficulties.
Government may by order do anything, not inconsistent with the provisions of this
Act, as may appear necessary or expendient for the purpose of removing the difficulty:
Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of a period of two
years from the date of publication of this Act in the Official Gazette.
Saving. 73. Nothing in this Act shall affect the application of any law; whether made
before or after this Act, to the region, unless such law specifically provided for
exclusion of the region from such application.
Explanation.-For the purpose of this section "law" shall include any enactment,
ordinance, regulation, order, by-law, rule, scheme, notification or other instrument
having the force of law.
Repeal. 74. The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council Act, 1988 is hereby repealed. West Ben. Act
XIII of 1988.
28 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY. MARCH 12, 2012 [PART III
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

Act, 2011.
( First Schedule.)
FIRST SCHEDULE
(See section 23)
Form of oath or affirmation of elected ( or nominated) member of the

Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha
I, A.B , having been elected (or

nominated) a member of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha, do swear
in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the
Constitution of India and integrity of India.
···············································································
(Signature and name of the member in block letter)
Sworn in the name of God/solemnly affirmed by Shri/Shrimati .

....... .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . at . . . . .. . . . . . . . . (place)
at (hour) on this the day of
....................................................... , before me.
(Signature)
(Name, designation and sea[)
Certificate of receipt of form of oath or affirmation
Certified that (name), who has been

elected to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha from .
......................................................... Constituency/nominated to the Gorkhaland
Territorial Administration Sabha, has made and subscribed the oath/affirmation as
required by section 23 of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011, before
me at office at (hour) on the (date).
(Signature)
(Name, designation and sea[)
PART III] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE. EXTRAORDINARY, MARCH 12, 2012 29
The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

Act, 2011.
( Second Schedule.)
SECOND SCHEDuLE
[See section 37(10)]
Form of oath or affirmation of Chief Executive of the

Gorkhaland Territorial Administration
I, A.B , having been elected

Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. do swear in the name
of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution
of India and integrity of India.
(Signature and name of the Chief Executive in block letter)
Sworn in the name of God/solemnly affirmed by Shri/Shrimati .

. . ....... . .. . . . . . .. at . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . (place)
at (hour) on this the day of
....................................................... , before me.
(Signature)
(Governor of West Bengal)
Certificate of receipt of form of oath or affirmation
Certified that (name), who has been

elected Chief Executive of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, has made
and subscribed the oath/affirmation as required by sub-section (10) of section 37
of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011, before the Governor at
............................ (hour) on the (date).
(Signature)
Secretary to the Governor of West Bengal.
By order of the Governor,
B. K. SRIVASTAVA,
Secy=in-charge to the Govt. of West Bengal,
Law Department.
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PHALGUNA 22] MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012 [SAKA 1933

PART III-Acts of the West Bengal Legislature.

West Bengal Act XX of 2011

[Passed by the West Bengal Legislature.]

An Act to provide for the establishment of a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

Definitions. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.-

(j) "Member" means a member of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(xi) Mahanadi Forest.

Gorkhaland 3. (l) There shall be a Gorkhaland Territorial Administration comprising the

Incorporation of 4. The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration shall be a body corporate, having

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 20 I I.

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3 ). the electoral process

The Gorklialand Territorial Administration Act, 201 I.

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

Tlze Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(2) On being declared to be disqualified under sub-section (1), a Member shall,

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(8) Every petition referred to in sub-section (7)-

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

Explanation //.-"PrescribedAuthority for the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act. 2011.

(iii) by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote, or

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(ii) Animal Husbandry and Veterinary, that is to say preservation,

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(xxv) Markets and fairs;

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

(xlix) Management and settlement of land including markets and market

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 20 I I.

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act. 2011.

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, ]011.

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Act, 2011.

( c) may be removed from office by a resolution carried by a majority of the

Powers, functions 40. (1) The Chief Executive shall-

The Gorkhalaiul Territorial Administraton Act, 2011.

(Chapter l/1.-Gorklwland Territorial Administration Sabha and

(3) The Deputy Chief Executive shall-

(4) The Executive Sabha shall be responsible to the Gorkhaland Territorial

771e Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton Act, 2011.

(Chapter ll/.-Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and

(c) his nomination as Executive Sabha Member is cancelled by the Chief

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton Act, 2011.

(Chapter lll=-Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Sabha and

Officers and Staff of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

The Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton Act, 2011.

(Chapter 1V.-Officers and Staff' of the Gorkhaland Territorial

(2) The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration may, make appointment of persons

Funds and Audit

The Gorkhaland Territorial Adtninistraton Act, 2011.

(Chapter V.-Funds and Audit=-Scctions 56. 57.)

or order of a civil or criminal court against the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration

711e Gorkhaland Territorial Administraton A.ct, 2011.

(Chapter V.-Funds and Audit=-Section 58.-Chapter Vl.-