Chapter IV FINANCE AND PROPERTY

Fund of the Authority.-

1. (1) There shall be a Fund called Shree Chamundeshwari Temple Development Authority Fund.
2. (2) There shall be credited to the said Fund,-
   • (i) all grants, subventions, donations and gifts made by the Central Government, State Government, any local authority or any body, whether incorporated or not or any person; and
   • (ii) the amount borrowed by the Authority: Provided that, the donations, Kanikes, Seva Fees and other offering made to God in Hundi shall be credited to the fund of the Authority and out of which the net income of that temple the authority shall contribute to the common pool fund created under section 17 of the Karnataka Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1997 (Karnataka Act 33 of 2001) at such rate as specified in that section.
3. (3) Except as otherwise directed by the State Government all moneys credited to the Fund shall be invested in any Scheduled Bank or in the State Government Treasury.
4. (4) The administrative expenses of the Authority including the salaries, allowances and pension if any. payable to the Secretary and other officer and employees of the Authority shall be defrayed out of the fund of the Authority.

Application of the Fund.- The Fund and all property held or vested in the Authority shall be applied for carrying out the purposes of this Act.

Grant by the State Government.- The State Government shall every year make a grant to the Authority of a sum equivalent to the administrative expenses of the Authority, until the Authority reaches self maintenance stage out of its own resources.

Budget of the Authority.-

1. (1) The Authority shall prepare every year, before such date and in such form as may be prescribed, a budget estimate of its income and expenditure for the financial year to commence on the first day of April next following and shall forward it to the State Government for sanction. The Authority may also prepare supplementary Budget Estimates, during the course of any financial year, if necessary.
2. (2) The State Government shall approve the Budget Estimates and Supplementary Budget Estimates with or without modifications.
3. (3) In cases of extreme urgency, the Secretary shall be competent to incur expenditure not exceeding twenty five lakhs of rupees in a financial year, notwithstanding the fact that such expenditure has not been included in the annual or Supplementary Budget Estimate approved by the State Government under sub-section (2).
4. (4) The Secretary shall also have power to re-appropriate funds from one unit of expenditure to another unit, subject to a maximum of rupees ten lakh at a time.

Accounts and audit.-

1. (1) The Secretary shall cause to be maintained such books of accounts and other registers as may be prescribed and shall prepare in the prescribed manner an annual statement of accounts.
2. (2) The financial year of the Authority shall commence on 1st April of each calendar year and shall end on 31st March of the succeeding calendar year.
3. (3) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited annually by the Chief Controller, State Audit and Accounts Department. The Authority or the State Government may order concurrent and special audits also.
4. (4) The auditor shall, for the purposes of the audit, have access to all the accounts and other records of the Authority.
5. (5) As soon as may be after the receipt of the annual statement of accounts and the report of the auditor, the Authority shall consider it in its meeting and send a copy of the annual statement of accounts together with a copy of the report of the auditor to the State Government, along with its explanation on the comments made by the auditor, if any, and a statement of action taken by the Authority to remedy the irregularities or loopholes, if any pointed out by the auditor.
6. (6) The State Government may after perusal of the report of the auditor, and other documents submitted to it, as in sub-section (5), give such directions as it thinks fit to the Authority and the Authority shall comply with such directions.

Reports.

1. (1) The Authority shall prepare an Annual Report of its working for each financial year and submit it to the State Government along with other reports under section 29.
2. (2) The Authority shall before such date, in such form and at such intervals as may be prescribed, submit the such reports to the State Government.
3. (3) The audit report and annual report of the authority shall be laid before State Legislature by the State Government.