Constitution of Board of Trustees

(1) There shall be a Board constituted by the Government for the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams called "the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams Board" consisting of not more than twenty nine members including the Chairman, to be appointed by the Government, of whom :- (i) the Principal Secretary or Secretary, Revenue in-charge of endowments shall be a member ex-officio; (i – a) the commissioner of endowments shall be a member ex-officio; (i-b) the Chairman, Tirupathi Urban Development constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975 (Act 1 of 1975) shall be a member Ex-officio; (ii) the Executive Officer, shall be the Member-Secretary, Ex-Officio ; (iii) three shall be members of the State Legislature ; (iv) one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes ; (v) one shall be a woman : (vi) one shall be prominent person with a long track record of philanthropy and support to Hindu Religious Institutions. Provided that it shall not be obligatory to appoint, - (a) a person to represent category (iv), where any of the persons appointed under category (iii) or category (v) belongs to the Scheduled Castes ; (b) a person to represent category (v) where any one of the persons appointed under category (iii) or category (iv) is a woman : Provided further that a member representing category (iii) shall cease to hold office as soon as he ceases to be a member of the State Legislature. Provided also that the members mentioned at clauses (iv), (v) and (vi) shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government. (2) The persons appointed as members under sub-section (1) shall be persons professing Hindu religion. Explanation:- In this section the expression ‘’Scheduled Caste’’ shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (24) of article 366 of the Constitution of India.