Constitution of India, 1949
243F. Disqualifications for membership. —
(1) A person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for
being, a member of a Panchayat—
(a) if he is so disqualified by or under any law
for the time being in force for the purposes of elections to the Legislature of
the State concerned:
Provided that no person shall be disqualified on
the ground that be is less than twenty-five years of age, if he has attained
the age of twenty-one years;
(b) if he is so disqualified by or under any
law made by the Legislature of the State.
(2) If any question arises as to whether a member of a Panchayat
has become subject to any of the disqualifications mentioned in clause (1), the
question shall be referred for the decision of such authority and in such
manner as the Legislature of a State may, by law, provide.