Which one of the following statements with regard to the functioning of the Panchayats is not correct?
Panchayats may levy, collect and appropriate taxes, duties, tolls, etc.
A person who has attained the age of 25 years will be eligible to be a member of a Panchayat.
Every Panchayat shall ordinarily continue for five years from the date of its first meeting.
A Panchayat reconstituted after premature dissolution shall continue only for the remainder of the full period.
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UPSC CDS-1 – 2020
– Article 243E stipulates that every Panchayat shall continue for five years from the date appointed for its first meeting, unless sooner dissolved. (Option C is correct)
– Article 243E(4) states that a Panchayat constituted after a premature dissolution shall continue only for the remainder of the period for which the dissolved Panchayat would have continued had it not been so dissolved. (Option D is correct)