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.