Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions of Punjab Legislative Assembly is constituted annually for a one year period from among the members of the Assembly. This Committee consists of thirteen members.
Overview According to the Punjab Government Gazette, 2021 the functions of the committee are defined below.
Appointment The speaker appoints the committee and its members every year for a one year term according to the powers conferred by Article 208 of the Constitution of India read with section 32 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956), and in pursuance of Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Current members For the one year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions of 16th Punjab Assembly had following members: +Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions (2022–23)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Gurmeet Singh Khudian Chairperson2 Amandeep Kaur Arora Member3 Barindermeet Singh Pahra Member4 Dinesh Kumar Chadha Member5 Inderjit Kaur Mann Member6 Jagsir Singh Member7 Jaswinder Singh Ramdas Member8 Kuljit Singh Randhawa Member9 Manwinder Singh Giaspura Member10 Rajinder Pal Kaur Member11 Santosh Kumari Kataria Member12 Sukhpal Singh Khaira Member13 Tarunpreet Singh Sond Member
Chairpersons Since 2021, Punjab Assembly 'Committee Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions' has been split into committees, namely 'Committee on Local Bodies' and 'Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions'. +Chairpersons for Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions CommitteeTerm of officeTermsNamePolitical party 2010–111Surjit Kumar Jiyani 2017–181Balbir Singh Sidhu 2018–213Harpartap Singh Ajnala
+ Chairpersons for Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions Term of officeTermsNamePolitical party 2021–221 Harpartap Singh 2022–231Gurmeet Singh Khudian
Previous members 15th Punjab Assembly Following were the members in the 15th Punjab Assembly (2017-2022) +Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions (2020–21)Sr. No.NamePost Party 1 Harpartap Singh Ajnala Chairperson2 Darshan Singh Brar Member3 Davinder Singh Ghubaya Member4 Madan Lal Jalalpur Member5 Manpreet Singh Ayali Member6 Nazar Singh Manshahia Member7 Parminder Singh Dhindsa Member8 Pritam Singh Kotbhai Member9 Kulbir Singh Zira Member10 Amarjit Singh Sandoha Member11 Sangat Singh Gilzian Member12 Barindermeet Singh Pahra Member13 Surjit Singh Dhiman Member
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