Village Panchayat, Dharna Wadhona, ... vs Commissioner, Nagpur Division, Nagpur ... on 13 September, 1966
In Village Panchayat Dharna Wadhana v. Commissioner, Nagpur Division reported at 1967 Mh.L.J. 351 and Laxman v. State of Maharashtra reported at 1990 Mh.L.J. 574, Gram Sudhar Samiti v. Gram Panchayat reported at which pertain to alteration of boundaries of a Village Panchayat, this Court underlined the necessity for consulting the persons affected. There can be no doubt that whenever boundaries of a local body are required to be altered, consultation with bodies likely to be affected would be necessary. Section 4(2) of Bombay Village Panchayats Act prescribes consulting the Gram Panchayat. However, it does not elaborate the procedure for consultation. Section 6 of the Maharashtra Municipalities Act on the other hand refers to procedure prescribed in Section 3 of the said Act which requires that before notifying a change the State Government shall publish (i) a Notification in official gazette, (ii) in a newspaper circulating in the area and (iii) by pasting copies in conspicuous areas prolonging its intentions.