Section 17 of Gujarat Panchayat Services Rules, 1964

Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 12, no member of a

Panchayat Service shall, except with the permission in writing of
the panchayat he is serving, purchase or bid independently, either

in person or by agent, or jointly with others, in his own name or in

the name of a member of his family, for any movable or immovable
property auctioned or offered for sale by a panchayat in the district
in which in he is serving.