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2. Mr. Jitendra Kumar Roy, the learned Advocate for the petitioner, has drawn the attention of this Court to the Rules of 2011, which provide for appointment of Gram Patna High Court CWJC No.14420 of 2019(2) dt.22-07-2019 Panchayat Secretary for each Gram Panchayat. Section 3 of the Rules referred to above, postulates that one employee shall be appointed by the State Government in each Gram Panchayat for proper execution of the works devolved on the Gram Panchayat and such employee shall be designated as a Gram Panchayat Secretary. Sub-Clause (2) of Rule 3 further indicates that all Panchayat Sevaks, so appointed till date, shall be appointed as Panchayat Secretary of any Gram Panchayat. Sub-Clause (3) of Rule 4 of the aforesaid Rules further clarifies that the District Magistrate shall be the competent authority for appointment on the post of Gram Panchayat Secretary and the Cadre of such Gram Panchayat Secretary shall be of the District Level. Under Rule 8 of the Rules of 2011, the Gram Panchayat Secretaries are to work under the control of Gram Panchayat, but their salaries etc. are required to be paid by the Executive Officer of the Panchayat Samiti, but only on the basis of "absentee statement" given by the Gram Panchayats. Section 9 of the Rules of of 2011, which deals with the service conditions, clearly specify that the matters relating to their services shall Patna High Court CWJC No.14420 of 2019(2) dt.22-07-2019 be disposed in accordance with the provisions of the relevant service rules.