**Executive Summary**
This document is a notification from the Rural Development Department of Maharashtra, India, issued on December 31, 2025. It announces the establishment of two new independent villages, Kherde and Songaon, within Chalisgaon Taluka of Jalgaon District. These villages will be recognized as such starting December 31, 2025, for the purposes of Part IX of the Constitution of India.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Establishment of Independent Villages:**
* Kherde and Songaon are declared independent villages within Chalisgaon Taluka, Jalgaon District.
* This change is effective from December 31, 2025.
* **Legal Basis:**
* The notification is issued under the authority of Article 243(g) of the Constitution of India and Section 4 of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act, 1959.
* It supersedes all previous notifications or instruments on the matter.
* **Consultation:**
* The decision was made after consulting with the Administrator discharging the functions of the Standing Committee of the Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon and Village Panchayat and Gram Sabha Kherde.
* **Identification:**
* The local areas comprising revenue villages Kherde and Songaon in Chalisgaon Tahasil in Jalgaon District will be distinct villages.
* They shall be known by the names of the villages Kherde and Songaon respectively.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Residents of Kherde and Songaon Villages**
* **Impact:** Residents will now belong to independent village entities with their own governance structures.
* **Action Required:** Participate in the establishment of village governance and exercise their rights within the new village structure.
* **Local Administration (Chalisgaon Taluka, Jalgaon District)**
* **Impact:** The local administration needs to adjust its administrative structure to accommodate the two new independent villages.
* **Action Required:** Update administrative boundaries, resource allocation, and governance frameworks to include Kherde and Songaon as independent entities.
* **Zilla Parishad, Jalgaon:**
* **Impact:** Adjustments to the operational activities regarding the two new independent villages.
* **Action Required:** Adapt plans and budgets according to the notification.
* **Village Panchayat and Gram Sabha Kherde:**
* **Impact:** Adjustments to the operational activities regarding the new independent village of Songaon.
* **Action Required:** Adapt plans and budgets according to the notification.
Key Entities Referenced
Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act (III of 1959): A key law granting powers related to village governance, referenced in the notification.
Article 243 of the Constitution of India: Constitutional provision related to Panchayats, the foundation of the notification's legal basis.
Kherde Gram Panchayat: One of the village panchayats whose status is being modified by the notification.
Gram Vikas Department: The Maharashtra government department (Rural Development Department) issuing the notification.
Jalgaon: The district in Maharashtra where the affected villages (Kherde and Songaon) are located, defining the geographical scope of the notification.
RNI No. MAHBIL /2009/31733
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असाधााराण क्रमांक ६२९
प्रााडिधाकृत प्राकाशान
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अनुसूचाी
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शाासेंनाचाे उप सेंदिचाव.
(१)
भााग चाार-अ-६२९–१2 महाारााष्ट्र शाासन रााजपत्र असाधााराण भााग चाारा-अ, डि� संबुरा ३१, २०२५/पा�र्ष १०, शाके १९४७
RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Bandhakam Bhavan, 25, Marzban Path, Fort,
Mumbai 400 001, dated 31st December 2025.
NOTIFICATION
Constitution of india.
No.VPM-2025/CR-268/PR-4(E-1453603).— 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, Jalgaon and Village
Panchayat and Gram Sabha Kherde, in Chalisgaon Tahasil of Jalgaon District, the Governor of
Maharashtra hereby specifies the 31st December 2025, to be the date from which each of the local
area comprising group of revenue villages Kherde and Songaon in Chalisagaon Tahasil in Jalgaon
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 Kherde and Songaon 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. Kherde Kherde
2. Songaon Songaon
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
K. S. POTDAR,
Deputy Secretary to Government.
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