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28. Part IX of the Constitution was inducted by 73rd Amending Act for purposes of devolution of powers to the basic unit, namely, Panchayat which according to Article 243(d) means an institution (by whatever name called) of self-Government which shall be constituted in Article 243B for the rural areas.
29. Article 243B mandates that there shall be constituted in every State. Panchayats at the village, intermediate and district levels in accordance with the provisions of this Part. Article 243C of the Constitution provided that subject to the provisions of this Part IX, the Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the composition of the Panchayats. But as Sections 20, 22 and 61 of the Adhiniyam, 1961 and Section 12 (3) of U. P. Panchayat Raj Act, 1997, does not provide any guidelines, the object and purpose of different provisions of Part IX of the Constitution of India may be circumvented, defeated and destroyed.