Circular of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh dated 13th September, 2000 on section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 [C10-N87]

F. No. 2/30/2000-MINI

Government of Andhra Pradesh

Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department

dated the 13th September, 2000

To

All Secretaries of the Gram Panchayat and all District Panchayats

Subject: Section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Andhra Pradesh Act 13 of 1994), the keeping of a shop in a village market, regarding.

1. References have been received in the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh seeking clarification on the manner in which section 7 of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Andhra Pradesh Act 13 of 1994) (hereinafter referred to as the Act) is to be applied to shopkeepers in a village market who undertake the keeping of a shop in a village market at more than one place.

2. The matter has been examined. Section 7 of the Act requires every shopkeeper in a village market to maintain the records and registers prescribed and to furnish the return within the period stated in that section.

3. It is, accordingly, clarified that separate records shall be maintained in respect of each place at which the keeping of a shop in a village market is undertaken, and a single return covering all such places shall be furnished in accordance with section 7 of the Act and the rules made thereunder.

4. Difficulties, if any, in the implementation of this circular may be brought to the notice of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh.

(Under Secretary to the Government of Andhra Pradesh)