Chapter II ANHDHRA PRADESH PARA VETERINARY AND ALLIED COUNCIL

1. (1) The Government may, by notification constitute a body to be known as Andhra Pradesh Para Veterinary and Allied Council to exercise the powers conferred on and to perform functions assigned to it under the Act.
2. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act and rules made there under, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to enter into contracts and shall in the said name sue and be sued.
3. (3) The headquarters of the Council shall be Amaravati.

The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:- I. Ex-officio Members:

1. (i) The Special Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh in Animal Husbandry, Dairy, Development and Fisheries Department shall be the ex-officio President of the Council;
2. (ii) Vice-Chancellor, Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati shall be the Vice-President of the Council;
3. (iii) The Principal Secretary to Government of Andhra Pradesh in Finance Department or an officer not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to Government nominated by the Principal Secretary shall be member;
4. (iv) The Director of Animal Husbandry, Andhra Pradesh shall be the Member-Convener of the Council;
5. (v) The Managing Director, The Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Co-operative Federation-Member;
6. (vi) Commissioner, Fisheries, Government of Andhra Pradesh -Member;
7. (vii) The Secretary to the Council –Member. II. Nominated Members: Five (5) members to be nominated by the Government as follows- i. One member from among the Principals of the Animal Husbandry Polytechnic Colleges. ii. One member from among the Principals of the Fisheries Polytechnic Colleges. iii. One member from Association of Management of Private Para Veterinary and Allied Institutions. iv.

Disqualifications of members A person shall not be qualified for being nominated as, and for being, a member of the Council if,-

1. (i) he is an un-discharged insolvent; or
2. (ii) he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent Court; or
3. (iii) He has been punished by the Council in any manner for infamous conduct in the profession; or
4. (iv) He has been dismissed from service under any Government or any institution; or
5. (v) his name has been removed from the register maintained under this Act and has not been reinstated; or
6. (vi) he has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude.

1. (1) The term of office of the member of the Council, other than the Ex-ofcio member shall be three years from the date on which he assumes office.
2. (2) An outgoing member shall be eligible for re-nomination, if he is otherwise qualified.

1. (1) Any casual vacancy arising in the office of a nominated member of the Council by reason of his death, resignation, removal or disability or otherwise, before the expiry of his term of office, shall be filled up in the manner as may be prescribed within a period not exceeding six months.
2. (2) Any person nominated under sub-section (1) shall hold office for the residue period of the term of the member in whose vacancy he has been nominated.

A member other than an ex-officio member of the Council shall be deemed to have vacated his office,-

1. (i) on his resignation;
2. (ii) on his absence, from three consecutive meetings of the Council without intimation indicating the reason for such absence to the Council;
3. (iii) on his becoming subject to any of the disqualifications under section 5;
4. (iv) on his ceasing to be a member of the Association or category from which he has been nominated.

A member other than Ex-officio member may at any time resign his office by giving notice in writing to the President and such resignation shall take effect from the date on which it is accepted by the President.

No act or proceedings of the Council shall be invalidated merely on the ground,-

1. (a) of any vacancy or defect in the constitution of the Council; or
2. (b) of any defect or irregularity in such act or proceeding not affecting the merits of the case.

The meetings of the council, the proceedings for the conduct of business, and such other matters shall be provided by regulations made by the council in this behalf.