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{{short description|Indian Legislative committee}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox
| title = Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions
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| above = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly#Committees|Department Related Committee]]
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| header = [[16th Punjab Assembly]]
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| subheader = '''<big>[[16th Punjab Assembly]]</big>'''
| label3 = [[Date of establishment|Founded]]
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| label4 = State
| data4 = Punjab
| header5 = Leadership
| label6 = Chaiperson
| data6 = [[Gurmeet Singh Khudian]]
| label7 = Chairperson party
| data7 = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| label8 = Appointer
| data8 = [[List of speakers of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab Assembly speaker]]
| header9 = Structure
| data10= {{Infobox | decat = yes | child = yes
|image = [[File:India Punjab Committee on Local Bodies 2022.svg|200px|alt=India Punjab Committee on Local Bodies 2022.svg]]
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| label10 = Seats
| data10 = 13
| label11 = Political Parties
| data11 ={{legend2|{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] (11)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} <br>
{{legend2|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (2)|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
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| label12 = Election criteria
| data12 = The members are elected every year from amongst its members of house according to the principle of proportional representation.
| label13 = Tenure
| data13 = 1 Year
| header14 = Jurisdiction
| label15 = Purpose
| data15 = Legislative oversight of the Panchayati Raj Institutions (Rural local Bodies)
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| data17 =
| header18 = Rules & Procedure
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| label20 = Applicable rules
| data20 = Article 208 of the [[Constitution of India]]<br>Section 32 of the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]]<br>Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Punjab Legislative Assembly
}}
'''Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions''' of [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]] is constituted annually for a one year period from among the members of the Assembly. This Committee consists of thirteen members.<ref name="Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions" /><ref name=Grover>{{cite book |last1=Grover |first1=Verinder |title=Legislative Council in State Legislatures |date=1989 |publisher=Deep & Deep Publications |isbn=978-81-7100-193-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRqrO0Hx0Y0C&dq=%22Punjab%22+%2B+%22Committee+on+Privileges%22&pg=PA165 |access-date=12 June 2022 |language=en |archive-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612133550/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Legislative_Council_in_State_Legislature/fRqrO0Hx0Y0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Punjab%22+%2B+%22Committee+on+Privileges%22&pg=PA165&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Soni September 2021">{{cite news |last1=Sehgal |first1=Manjeet |title=Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, OP Soni sworn in as Deputy CMs of Punjab |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sukhjinder-singh-randhawa-brahm-mohindra-likely-to-be-punjab-deputy-cms-1854696-2021-09-20 |access-date=14 June 2022 |date=20 September 2021 |work=India Today |language=en |archive-date=7 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407175328/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/sukhjinder-singh-randhawa-brahm-mohindra-likely-to-be-punjab-deputy-cms-1854696-2021-09-20 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Overview==
According to the Punjab Government Gazette, 2021 the functions of the committee are defined below.<ref name="Punjab Government Gazette 2021" />
{{Blockquote|(1) There shall be a Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions consisting of not more than thirteen Members for the examination of the working of the Panchayati Raj Institutions which Shall mean and include Panchayat Samities and Zila Parishads.
(2) The committee shall be nominated by the Speaker and the term of office of the Members of the Committee shall be one year.

;Functions of the Committee
The functions of the Committee shall be

:(a) to examine the audit reports and accounts of the Panchayati Raj Institutions as may be selected by the Committee;
:(b) to examine the reports, if any, of the Examiner, Local Fund Accounts [[Laying before the house|laid on the Table of the House]];
:(c) to examine in the context of autonomy, whether affairs of the Panchayati Raj Institutions are being managed in accordance with the provisions of law;
:(d) to examine any other aspect of the working of any Panchayati Raj Institutions, as may be referred to it by the Speaker.
:(e) to examine the annual technical inspection reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General on Panchayati Raj Institutions, if any, laid on the Table of the House.

Provided that the Committee shall not examine and investigate any of the following, namely :-
:(i) matters of major Government policy as distinct from the working of the Panchayati Raj Institutions;
:(ii) matters relating to day-to-day administration of Panchayati Raj Institutions; and
:(iii) matters for the consideration of which machinery is established by any special statute under which the Panchayati Raj Institutions are established.}}

==Appointment ==
The speaker appoints the committee and its members every year for a one year term according to the powers conferred by Article 208 of the [[Constitution of India]] read with section 32 of the [[States Reorganisation Act, 1956]] (37 of 1956), and in pursuance of Rules 232(1) and 2(b) of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Punjab Legislative Assembly.<ref name="Punjab Government Gazette 2021">{{cite web |title=Punjab Government Gazette Extraordinary, 4 March 2021 |url=https://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/images/docs/punjab%20govt%20gaz.pdf |publisher=Government of Punjab |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref>

==Current members==
For the one year period starting May 2022, the Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions of [[16th Punjab Assembly#Committees|16th Punjab Assembly]] had following members:<ref name="Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions">{{cite web |title=vidhan Sabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=44&Itemid=119 |website=punjabassembly.nic.in |access-date=2022-06-13 |archive-date=18 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318174813/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=44&Itemid=119 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="HT Appointment 22">{{cite news |title=Punjab speaker appoints heads of House committees |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-speaker-appoints-heads-of-house-committees-101653170285870.html |access-date=11 June 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=22 May 2022 |language=en |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522184912/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-speaker-appoints-heads-of-house-committees-101653170285870.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions (2022–23)
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1 || [[Gurmeet Singh Khudian]] || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|2 || [[Amandeep Kaur Arora]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|3 || [[Barindermeet Singh Pahra]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4 || [[Dinesh Chadha|Dinesh Kumar Chadha]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|5 || [[Inderjit Kaur Mann]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|6 || [[Jagsir Singh]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|7 || [[Jaswinder Singh Ramdas]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|8 || [[Kuljit Singh Randhawa]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|9 || [[Manwinder Singh Giaspura]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|10 || [[Rajinder Pal Kaur]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|11 || [[Santosh Kumari Kataria]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|12 || [[Sukhpal Singh Khaira]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|13 || [[Tarunpreet Singh Sond]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|}

== Chairpersons ==
Since 2021, Punjab Assembly 'Committee Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions' has been split into committees, namely '[[Punjab Assembly Committee on Local Bodies|Committee on Local Bodies]]' and 'Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions'.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Chairpersons for Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions Committee
!Term of office
!Terms
!Name
! colspan="2" |Political party
|- align="center"

| 2010–11
|1
|[[Surjit Kumar Jyani|Surjit Kumar Jiyani]]<ref name="Tribune 2010">{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Prabhjot |title=Legislators' panels reconstituted |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100523/punjab.htm#4 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=Tribuneindia.com |publisher=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – Punjab |date=22 May 2010 |archive-date=11 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211024756/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100523/punjab.htm#4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|- align="center"

| 2017–18
|1
|[[Balbir Singh Sidhu (politician)|Balbir Singh Sidhu]]<ref name="Wayback Machine captures 29 Sep 2017">{{cite web |title=Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions Committee |url=http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=31&Itemid=119 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929213808/http://www.punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=31&Itemid=119 |access-date=15 June 2022| archive-date=29 September 2017 }}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"

| 2018–21
|3
|[[Harpartap Singh|Harpartap Singh Ajnala]]<ref name="Capture 18 Nov 2018">{{cite web |title=vidhanSabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in:80/index.php/component/content/article?id=31&Itemid=119 |access-date=15 June 2022 |date=18 November 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118155850/http://punjabassembly.nic.in:80/index.php/component/content/article?id=31&Itemid=119 | archive-date=18 November 2018 }}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Chairpersons for Committee on Panchayati Raj Institutions

!Term of office
!Terms
!Name
! colspan="2" |Political party
|- align="center"

| [[15th Punjab Assembly#2021-2022|2021–22]]
|1
| [[Harpartap Singh]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Punjab Vidhan Sabha speaker nominates various committees of House for year 2021-22 |url=https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker-nominates-various-committees-of-house-for-year-2021-22-136750 |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=punjabnewsexpress.com |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615134142/https://www.punjabnewsexpress.com/punjab/news/punjab-vidhan-sabha-speaker-nominates-various-committees-of-house-for-year-2021-22-136750 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"

| 2022–23
|1
|[[Gurmeet Singh Khudian]]<ref name="HT Appointment 22" />
| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|}

==Previous members==
===15th Punjab Assembly===
Following were the members in the [[15th Punjab Assembly]] (2017-2022)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Committee on Local Bodies and Panchayati Raj Institutions (2020–21)<ref>{{cite web |title=Vidhan Sabha |url=http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=31&Itemid=119 |access-date=17 June 2022 |date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514033512/http://punjabassembly.nic.in/index.php/component/content/article?id=31&Itemid=119 |archive-date=14 May 2021 }}</ref>
!Sr. No.
!Name
!Post
! colspan="2" |Party
|- align="center"
|1 || [[Harpartap Singh Ajnala]] || Chairperson
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|2 || [[Darshan Singh Brar]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|3 || [[Davinder Singh Ghubaya]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|4 || [[Thekedar Madan Lal Jalalpur|Madan Lal Jalalpur]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|5 || [[Manpreet Singh Ayali]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|- align="center"
|6 || [[Nazar Singh Manshahia]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|7 || [[Parminder Singh Dhindsa]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt)}}
|- align="center"
|8 || [[Pritam Singh Kotbhai]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|9 || [[Kulbir Singh Zira]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|10 || Amarjit Singh Sandoha || Member
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|- align="center"
|11 || [[Sangat Singh Gilzian]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|12 || [[Barindermeet Singh Pahra]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- align="center"
|13 || [[Surjit Singh Dhiman]] || Member
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{Punjab Legislative Assembly}}

{{Punjab Legislative Assembly|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Committees of the Punjab Legislative Assembly]]

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