**Executive Summary**
This document is a notification from the Rural Development Department, Government of Maharashtra, dated December 30, 2025, regarding the specification of distinct villages within Arni Tahasil, Yavatmal District, in accordance with the Constitution of India and the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959. Effective from December 30, 2025, the revenue areas comprising Palshi, Sakhartanda and Sudhakarnagar will be recognized as separate villages. No immediate action items are explicitly stated.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Village Specification:**
* Effective December 30, 2025, the revenue areas Palshi, Sakhartanda, and Sudhakarnagar in Arni Tahasil, Yavatmal District, are specified as distinct villages.
* This specification is made under the powers conferred by clause (g) of article 243 of the Constitution of India and section 4 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959.
* The decision was made after consultation with the Administrator, discharging the functions of the Standing Committee of the Zilla Parishad, Yavatmal and Village Panchayat and Gram Sabha Palshi.
* **Village Names:**
* The local area comprising Palshi will be known as Palshi.
* The local area comprising Sakhartanda and Sudhakarnagar will be known as Sakhartanda.
* **Supersession:**
* This notification supersedes all previous notifications or instruments issued in that behalf.
**Impact Analysis**
**Zilla Parishad, Yavatmal, Administrator**
* **Impact:** Previous administration will need to be updated on changes.
* **Action Required:** Need to update records and adjust administrative functions to reflect the newly specified villages.
**Villagers of Palshi, Sakhartanda, and Sudhakarnagar**
* **Impact:** The residents of these areas will now be part of distinct village administrations, potentially impacting local governance, development initiatives, and access to services.
* **Action Required:** No immediate action required from the inhabitants, but villagers should familiarize themselves with the new village structures and participate in local governance processes.
Key Entities Referenced
Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959): The state law that, along with the Constitution of India, grants powers used in this notification to create distinct villages.
Constitution of India: Referenced for Article 243 clause (g), which provides the constitutional basis for the powers exercised in the notification regarding village governance.
Yavatmal: District in Maharashtra where the changes to village boundaries and names are being made.
Rural Development Department: The department of the Maharashtra government issuing the notification about village boundaries.
Arni: Taluka within Yavatmal district where the villages Palshi and Sakhartanda are located.
RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/31733
महाराष्टट्रõ शासन राजपत्र
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भााग चाार-अ-६१४–१2 महाराष्टट्र शासन राजपत्र असाधारण भाग चार-अ, डि�संबर ३०, २०२५ /पौर्ष ९, शके १९४७
RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Bandhakam Bhavan, 25, Marzban Path, Fort,
Mumbai 400 001, Dated 30th December, 2025.
NOTIFICATION
Constitution of india.
No.VPM-2025/CR-218/PR-4(22) (E-1445542).— In exercise of the powers conferred by clause
(g) of article 243 of the Constitution of India read with section 4 of the Maharashtra Village
Panchayats Act (III of 1959), and of all other powers enabling it in this behalf, and in supersession
of all the previous notifications or instruments issued in that behalf, and after consultation with the
Administrator, discharging the functions of the Standing Committee of the Zilla Parishad, Yavatmal
and Village Panchayat and Gram Sabha Palshi, in Arni Tahasil of Yavatmal District, the Governor
of Maharashtra hereby specifies the 30/12/2025, to be the date from which each of the local area
comprising group of revenue villages Palshi, Sakhartanda and Sudhakarnagar in Arni Tahasil in
Yavatmal District specified in column (3) of the Schedule appended hereto, shall be the distinct
villages and shall be known by the name of the villages Palshi and Sakhartanda respectively, as
specified in column (2) thereof, for the purposes of Part IX of the Constitution.
Schedule
Sr. No. Name of the villages. Group of revenue villages or revenue village.
(1) (2) (3)
1 Palshi Palshi
2 Sakhartanda Sakhartanda and Sudhakarnagar
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
K.S. POTDAR,
Deputy Secretary to Government.
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