Section 168(1)(d) in Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993
(d)being an elected member, absents himself, for more than three consecutive ordinary meetings of the Zilla Panchayat unless leave so to absents himself, which shall not exceed six months, had been granted by the Zilla Panchayat [***] [Omitted by Act 37 of 2003 w.e.f. 1.10.2003.] his seat shall be deemed to be or to have become, as the case may be, vacant: