section 3
Constitution of the Authority
The Baba Baidyanath Dham - Basukinath Shrine Area Development Authority Act, 2015General201538 sections
Statutory text
- (I) For the purposes of this Act, the State Government shall constitute an authority named Baba Baidyanath Dham-Basukinath Shrine Area Development Authority, with effect from such date as the State Government may appoint by notification in the Gazette in this behalf. (II) The Authority shall consist of the following members: (a) Chief Minister - Chairperson; (b) Minister in-charge of Tourism, Art Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Department/Ministry - Vice-Chairperson; (c) Chief Secretary - Vice-Chairperson; (d) Secretary, Planning-cum-Finance Department - Member; (e) Secretary, Home, Prison and Disaster Management Department - Member; (f) Secretary, Health Department - Member; (g) Director General of Police - Member; (h) Commissioner, Santhal Pargana - Member-cum-Chief Executive Officer; (i) Deputy Commissioner, Deoghar - Member; (j) Deputy Commissioner, Dumka - Member; (k) Deputy Inspector General of Police, Santhal Pargana - Member; (l) Mayor, Deoghar Municipal Corporation - Member; (m) Head of Basukinath Nagar Panchayat - Member; (n) Secretary, Tourism, Art Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Department - Member Secretary; (o) Member of Parliament of Baba Baidyanath Dham temple and Basukinath temple area - Member; (p) Legislator of Baba Baidyanath Dham temple and Basukinath temple area - Member; (q) Chairman of Jharkhand Hindu Religious Trust Board or his representative - Member; (r) Head of Panda Dharma Rakshini Sabha (situated in Deoghar) and one other representative - Member; (s) Representative of any organization of Panda (priests) situated in Basukinath Dham - Member; (t) Two eminent non-governmental persons, who have interest in the development of Baba Baidyanath Dham and Basukinath Dham shrine area, shall be nominated by the State Government for three years - Member. (III) If the Chairperson or any other member mentioned in clause 3(II) or clause 21 is not of Hindu religion, the State Government may nominate any such distinguished person who follows Hindu religion, is in a post of equal status and is discharging similar type of duty, in his place. (IV) Baba Baidyanath Dham-Basukinath Shrine Area Development Authority (in short, the Authority) may, by regulations, co-opt any such person whose help and advice it wishes to take in complying with any provisions of this Act, in the manner as determined, and such co-opted person shall have the right to participate in such discussion of the Authority as is relevant to the purpose for which he has been co-opted, but he shall not be entitled to vote. (V) The Authority may, from time to time, deliberate and take initiatives on matters regarding welfare and facilities of devotees and visitors in the shrine area, in particular, including increasing resources, financial management, security and development, and revenue received from the fair, and importance of the fair and other subjects of utility, and may accordingly advise and instruct the officers of all departments related to the divisional and district level administration and fair management system. (VI) The headquarters of the Authority shall be at Deoghar (Santhal Pargana).
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