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'$ O/Steno Examination 2006, 2007 & 2008 C-FB-KD-AQCS NOTING AND DRAFTING, PRECIS WRITING M@® 2555 Time Allowed : Two Hours Maximum Marks : 100 INSTRUCTIONS Each question is printed both in Hindi and in English. Answers must be written in the medium of English or Hindi as specified in the Admission Certificate issued to you, which must be stated clearly on the cover of the answer-book in the space provided for the purpose. No credit will be given for .the answers written in a medium other than that specified in the Admission Certificate. The number of marks carried by each < question is indicated at the end of the question, Note: The name of your office or your name, roll number or address must not be disclosed while writing the answers. ears & ; ayant an feedt warax se wer-aa & fret 7S 7 gore} > 1. Make a précis of the following passage in about 210 words and suggest a title for it : 35 ‘The concept of local self government is not new to our country and there is mention of community assemblies in the Vedic texts. Around 600 B.C., the territory north of the river Ganga, comprising modern day north Bihar and eastern U.P. was under the suzerainty of small republics called Janapadas among which Lichhavis were the most powerful. In these Janapadas, the affairs of the State were conducted by an assembly consisting of local chieftains. In the post Mauryan times as well, there existed republics of Malavas and the Kshudrakas, where decisions were taken by “sabhas”, The Greek Ambassador, Megasthenes, who visited the court of Chandragupta Maurya in 303 B.C. described the City Council which governed Pataliputra — comprising six committees with 30 members. Similar participatory structures also existed in South India. In the Chola Kingdoms, the village council, together with its sub-committees and wards, -played an important part in administration, arbitrated disputes and managed social affairs. They were also responsible for revenue collection, assessing individual contribution and negotiating the collective assessment with the King’s representative. They had virtual ownership of village waste land, with right of sale, and they were active in irrigation, road building and related works. Their transactions, recorded on the walls of village temples, show a vigorous community life and are a permanent C-FB-KD-AQCJ 2 {[Contd.] a. C-FB-KD-AQCJ 3 IContd.] fiefafsa Get at am 210 wet F uRce age sik sah faa us vide st gener : zeny ware at daeva wa Se & fore wg ag vd 2 sik deecita ad a agate eel a sea 21 gar 8 arm 600 aT VE, HT AA S sae ar wear a aryfra sag fren sik yaf sat nex @, ware aes Se-He worst H aftrsa & aria ar Ret foeodt wad ser whee 3 1 st save A, Tse aT amar ws Ot war & get eenfera dew an, frat write yfeen wifira fa A sat Ae are 7 wh, mean sit aah & worse far 2, fat coms” 3 a facta fac are 4 1 gat wag anferis 4, st ger yd 303 7 dart ahd Bs came F arn a, wefegs a MRA SC ae wT Uwe aT avis fear at — faa so weet weft o afafat af 1 shar aed Hooft eat & aa went deat faa Wo. dea ust 8, set scafifedt sik art afea, am oftwe sense A we aeaget yfhar ster ae eit, faardt % mera at a stk aenfa ari at set ard aft 1 a were ageh, saftera sire & ara 3k ust & sfafafs ae fra ares sree & fae aat wet & fag at suet af 1 arer aoe ft oe saat faa } often ufed erase wo @oufeern aa a 1 4 feed, aswH fasion site erated wat } otra af i ae diet a dat « sifed sae aaea us wer agairs vier auid @ 35 memorial to the best practices in early Indian polity. The present structure of Local Self Government institutions took shape in 1688 when the British established a Municipal Corporation at Madras which was followed by creation of similar bodies at Bombay and Calcutta (1726). Comprising a Mayor and a majority of British-born Councillors, _ these Corporations were basically units of administration enjoying considerable judicial powers. During the next 150 years, municipal bodies were created in several mufasil towns although their functions remained confined to conservancy, road repairs, lighting and a few other sundry items. In 1872, Lord Mayo introduced ihe system of elected representatives for these municipalities and this was further developed by his successor, Lord Ripon, in 1882. By the 1880s, these urban municipal bodies had a pre-dominance of elected representatives in a number of cities and towns, including Calcutta and Bombay. A corresponding effective structure for rural areas camé up with the enactment of the Bengal Local Self Government Act, 1885 which led to the establishment of district local boards across the entire territory of the then Bengal province. These boards comprised nominated as well as elected members with the District Magistrate as Chairman, and were responsible for maintenance of rural roads, rest houses, roadside lanes and properties, maintenance and superintendence of public schools, charitable C-FB-KD-AQCJ 4 [Contd.} a & ada ard aera to adhe Of a oH wart tars ot @ | wari agrees tenait a ada dort Ao 1ess F Wa ssi A ware A ae few at war ait sik see are arag stk were Hot gah war fer ar gem feat (i726), aa wT eT fea | us nek sik Bea A wat andl at agded a waa a fom gfrardt wa S yereas at eit gargai ait, fre we we =f west a 1 sre iso asf & dh, sre apie amt 8 anenferert aad ag safe sah werd dod, uss sea, deri wot sik ee ary peat wel aH a Sifts w I 1372 4 ais AH A ea wafers & fe FI wT fata at sonett ar yparte fer ait ge sorett at sas saofredt cid fitr 4 iss2 4 sik art fafa feat | isso % cere ae, oa wed arenfeenst F, are sik wag wa sas wet sik aa 2, fraifaa start at aalfirear at 1d ato uniter ast & fem wah aged weet deed rea wars wares afufrag, 1886 & afufra & are sat ee ay amg | Sad Heaed cesta aret wiad H Aol weer & fret cara fei a core at we 1 ea atet F Tarita ait area faaifad weer gam aed | sik foren ufrse arm dtr a i a até unit asa, faam-adi, ase fet a afer sit daft ar SRAM aA, i eat eRe, weed canal sik uyfatecn seca ast orga st sient Hes C-FB-KD-AQCJ 5 [Contd.) dispensaries and veterinary hospitals, Within a span of five years, a large number of district boards came into existence in other parts of the country, notably Bihar, Orissa, Assam and North-West Province. The Minto-Morley Reforms, 1909 and the Montague Chelmsford Reforms, 1919, when Local Self Government became a transferred subject, widened the participation of people in the governing process and, by 1924 — 25, district boards had a preponderance of elected representatives and a non-official Chairman. This arrangement continued till the country’s Independence in 1947 and thereafter till the late 1950s. The debates in the Constituent Assembly indicate that the leaders at that time were hesitant to introduce a wholesale change in the then prevailing administrative system and as a compromise, it was agreed that Panchayati Raj Institutions would find place in the Directive Principles of State Policy (Part TV, Article 40) which, inter alia, provides that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government. But there was a general view that local government institutions would be creatures of the State Legislature and hence there was no whittling down of the powers of the State Government. 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