Section 30(1)(a) in The Bhopal Debt Redemption Act, 1955
(a)if the debtor ordinarily resides within the jurisdiction of a Gaon Sabha, established under the Bhopal Panchayat Raj Act, 1952 (Bhopal Act No. II of 1953), execute the agreement for the advance of a loan and make the payment in the presence of an educated or literate person a Pradhan or Up-Pradhan or a member of a Gaon Panchayat elected under Section 2 of the Bhopal State Pancyahat Raj Act, 1952 (Act No. II of 1953), whose signature or thumb impression shall be obtained on the said agreement as one of the witnesses;