Section 3(2)(a) in Tamil Nadu Village Panchayats Cleaning of Private Soak Pit and Cess Pools) Rules, 1999
(a)to exercise the powers of the Government under clauses (a) and (b) of section 28 of the said Act, relating to the division of the area within the jurisdiction of every District Panchayat, for the purpose of election to such District Panchayat, into as many single member territorial wards as the number of members required to be elected under section 26 of the said Act, and to determine the extent of each territorial ward which shall be a Panchayat Village or Panchayat Union or part of a Panchayat Village or Panchayat Union; and