Section 90(1) in Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj Act, 2016
(1)A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as and for being a Chairman, Vice-chairman or member of a Zila Panchayat, if he-(a)is so disqualified by or under any law for the time being in force for the purposes of election of the State Legislature :Provided that no person shall be disqualified on the ground that he is less than twenty-five years of age, if he has attained the age of twenty-one years;(b)hold salaried service of the Gram Panchayat/ Kshettra panchayat/ Zila Panchayat;(c)holds any office of profit under a State Government or the Central Government or a local authority, or controlled by any State Government or Central Government or any Board, bodies or corporation owned or controlled by any State Government or Central Government in which Aaganbadi Assistant, Attendance, Secretary of Cooperative Committee and salary paid employees and working employees on honorarium under the State and Central sponsored schemes shall be include (d) has been dismissed from the service of a State Government, the Central Government or a local authority for misconduct;(e)is in arrears of any tax, fee rate or any other dues payable by him to the Zila Panchayat for such period as may be prescribed or has inspire of being required to do so by Zila Panchayat failed to deliver to it any record or property belonging to it which had come into his possession by virtue of his holding any office under it ;(f)Any Chairman or Vice-chairman of Nagar Nikay;(g)is an undischarged insolvent;(h)has been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude;(i)has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term of three months for contravention of any order made under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955;(j)has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding six months or to transportation for contravention of any order made under the Essential Supplies (Temporary Powers) Act, 1946;(k)has been sentenced to imprisonment for a term exceeding three months under the U.P. Excise Act, 1910 (as applicable to the State of Uttarakhand);(l)has been convicted of an offence under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985;(m)has been convicted of an election offence ;(n)has been convicted of an offence under the U.P. Removal of Social Disabilities Act, 1947 or the Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (as applicable to the State of Uttarakhand);(o)has been removed unless such period, as has been provided in that behalf in the said section or such lesser period as the State Government may have ordered in a particular case has elapsed;Provided that the disqualification under clause (e) shall cease upon payment of arrears or delivery of the record or property, as the case may be :Provided further that a disqualification under any of the clauses referred to in the first proviso may, in the manner prescribed, be removed by the State Government.(p)If in place of woman Chairman/ Vice chairman/ Member if her husband or other family members or relative preside the meetings and discharged the duties of Zila Panchayat and he is convicted than said woman and concerning person who is presiding meetings and discharged the duties, both shall be disqualified for forthcoming general election of Zila Panchayat.(q)[ He has not passed High School or equivalent examination from any recognised institution/ Board:Provided that in the matter of candidate of General Category women and Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes candidate has not passed minimum Middle/Eight examination;[Inserted by Uttarakhand Act No. 10 of 2019.](r)He has more than two living children.(s)He has unauthorised possession on any Governmental/Panchayati Raj Department land.(t)He has embezzled Government money or recovery of government money is against him or is owed of government money.(u)He comes under the provisions of Section 8, Section 8-A, Section 9, Section 9-A and Section 10 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951.]
