'$ 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.]
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35memorial 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
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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
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& fret cara fei a core at we 1 ea atet F
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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.
C-FB-KD-AQCJ 6 [Contd.}e
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