(5)"District Panchayat Officer" means an officer, appointed as such, by the State Government to assist the Collector in the administration of Grama Sasans in the district;[(5-A) "Employee" means the Secretary, Officers and servants of the Grama Panchayat referred to in Sub-section (1) of Section 122; and] [Inserted vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No. 2278 dated 12.12.2002-SRO No. 981/2002.]
