Chapter III DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE KSHETHRA

District Level and State Level Monitoring Committee.-

1. (1) There shall be constituted a District level committee and a State level Monitoring committee to review and submit the proposal regarding construction and maintenance of buildings, roads and tunnels, electricity supply and maintenance, water supply and sanitation, construction of recreation centre and libraries to provide necessary facilities to pilgrims and to provide safety to pilgrims within the jurisdiction of the Authority.
2. (2) The District level committee shall consist of the following members, namely:-
   • (a) Deputy Commissioner Belagavi Ex-officio Chairperson
   • (b) Superintendent of Police, Belagavi Ex-officio member
   • (c) Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat, Belagavi Ex-officio member
   • (d) the Deputy Conservator of forest, Belagavi Division Ex-officio member
   • (e) the Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, Belagavi Ex-officio member
   • (f) the Assistant Commissioner, Bailhongal Ex-officio member
   • (g) the Tahsildar, Savadatti Ex -officio member
   • (h) the Executive Officer, Taluk Panchayat, Savadatti Ex -officio member
     • (i) the Deputy Director, Tourism, Department Ex -officio member
   • (j) the Chief priest of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple Ex -officio member
   • (k) the Secretary of the Authority Ex-officio member Secretary
3. (3) The District Level Monitoring Committee shall submit suitable proposals to the State Level Monitoring Committee for the works/proposals to be undertaken in respect of their departments within the jurisdiction of the Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple Development Authority.
4. (4) The State Level Care Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:-
   • (a) The Principal Secretary to Government, Revenue Department (Muzrai) Ex-officio Chairman
   • (b) The Commissioner, Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Department Ex-officio member
   • (c) The Chief Engineer, Public Works Department Ex-officio member
   • (d) The Managing Director, Huballi Electricity Supply Company. Ex-officio member
   • (e) The Chief Engineer, Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board Ex-officio member
   • (f) The Deputy Commissioner, Belagavi Ex-officio member
   • (g) The Commissioner of Police, Belagavi Ex-officio member
   • (h) The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Panchayat Belagavi Ex-officio member
     • (i) The Director, Tourism Department Ex-officio member
   • (j) The Secretary of the Authority Ex-officio member Secretary
5. (5) The State level Monitoring Committee shall monitor the proposals submitted by the District level Committee and direct the Authority on all matters concerning to development of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple.
6. (6) The District level Committee and the State level Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once in six months at such place and at such time and shall adopt such procedure as may be prescribed.

Provision with regard to the movable and immovable properties of the temple.-

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any, custom, usage or the provisions of any Law for the time being in force under which the Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple is governed or the provisions of the Karnataka Hindu Religious institutions and charitable endowments Act, 1997 (Karnataka Act 33 of 2001), the ownership, administration and complete management of movable and immovable properties including jewellery and liabilities of the temple shall vest with the State Government from the date of commencement of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple Development Authority Act, 2024 and shall be transferred to the Authority thereafter.
2. (2) Subject to the provision of sub-section
3. (1) of section 12, on and from the date of commencement of this Act the management of the employees of the Temple shall vest in the Authority.
4. (3) It shall be competent for the State Government, by order to make transitory provisions, if in the opinion of the State Government, it is expedient so to do.

Preparation of developmental plan, its approval and execution.-

1. (1) The Authority shall, as soon as may be, after its constitution prepare a plan for the development of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple into an international pilgrim, cultural and tourist centre and a centre for deliberation and propagation of the tenets of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple and other subsidiary deities. The Development plan may include,-
   • (a) ruminating Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple programmes for its maintenance and other temple attached to the presiding deity:
   • (b) proposals for acquiring land by acquisition or purchase, exchange or otherwise, which in the opinion of the Authority is necessary for execution of the development plan;
   • (c) putting up public parks, horticultural or zoological gardens, fountain gardens, artificial water falls. game parks, lakes with boating or other water games or such other tourist attractions;
   • (d) construction of choultries, lodging houses, cottages, hotels, restaurants and boarding houses to cater to different classes of tourists;
   • (e) construction of necessary chain of shops or shopping complexes:
   • (f) construction of prayer halls and meditation halls at strategic places;
   • (g) provision of amenities as defined in section 2:
   • (h) laying and relaying of all or any land including, construction and reconstruction of buildings:
     • (i) provision of drainage, electricity and water supply and sanitation:
   • (j) raising any land which the Authority may consider expedient to raise to facilitate its plan of action in general and better drainage in particular:
   • (k) forming open spaces for the better ventilation of the area comprised in the Sri RenukaYellamma Temple or in any adjoining area;
   • (l) the demolition of all buildings unfit for human habitation and not fitting into the developmental plan:
   • (m) the demolition of obstructive building or portions of buildings;
   • (n) the construction and reconstruction of buildings, their maintenance and preservation;
   • (o) the sale, letting or exchange of any property comprised in the scheme, subject to the provisions of section 29:
   • (p) prohibition of ear buds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice- cream sticks, polystyrene (Thermocol) for decoration, plates, cups, glasses, cutlery such as forks, spoons, knives, straw, trays, wrapping or packing films around sweet boxes, invitation cards and cigarette packets, plastic or PVC banners less than 100 micron, stirrers in the area of the Authority for avoiding the plastic pollution;
   • (q) ensuring availability of safe and secure water and sanction facilities for all, throughout the year, in the area of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple Development Authority
   • (r) provision of accommodation to the employees of the Authority: provision of facilities for communication and transport with parking facilities:
   • (t) such adjustments and agreements with the existing religious institutions in the geographical area of developmental plan which can be allowed to continue so long as they fit into the scheme of the developmental plan:
   • (u) any other matter for which in the opinion of the Authority, it is expedient and incidental to make provision with a view to develop and maintain Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple as a cultural centre, place of pilgrimage and an international tourist centre and a centre for deliberation and to protect and develop other places of importance connected with Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple:
2. (2) The development plan prepared under sub-section
3. (1) shall be forwarded by the Secretary to the State Government for information. The State Government may approve the plan with or without any modifications.
4. (3) After approval of the development plan under sub-section (2), the State Government may, on the recommendations of the Authority make such modifications to the plan as it deems necessary, from time to time.
5. (4) The Authority shall have power to undertake works and incur expenditure for execution of development plans approved by the State Government in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Act, 1999 (Karnataka Act 29 of 2000).

Subsequent development works.- After execution of the development plan under section 20, the Authority may, from time to time, make and take up any new additional development schemes, out of its own or borrowed financial resources or funds from the State Government.

Maintenance of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple.- The Authority shall make provision for the maintenance of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple which shall include the manner in which the properties of the Authority including Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple can be managed, the rates, fees or other charges that can be collected from the devotees, pilgrims, tourists and other visitors to Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple for the various facilities that they could make use of in Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple and for such other matters as may be expedient like power to levy license fee as may be determined by the Authority from the licensee or persons in possession of the properties of Sri Renuka Yellamma Temple.

Delegation of powers.-

1. (1) The State Government, may by notification, delegate any of the powers conferred on it by or under this Act, to any other Authority, except the power to make rules under section 37.
2. (2) The Authority may by regulations, delegate any of the powers conferred on it by or under this Act to the Secretary or other officers of the Authority, except the power to make regulations under section 38.

Application of the Karnataka Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized occupants Act, 1974 (Karnataka Act 32 of 1974) to Authority Premises.-

1. (1) The State Government. may by notification provide from such date as may be specified in such notification that the Karnataka Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1974 shall apply to premises belonging to, vesting in, or leased by, the Authority as that Act applies in relation to public premises but subject to the provisions of sub-section (2).
2. (2) On a notification being issued under sub-section (1), the aforesaid Act, and the rules made there under shall apply to the premises of the Authority with the following modifications, that is to say,-
   • (a) the State Government may appoint any officer of the State Government or the Authority as it thinks fit, to be the competent officer for the purposes of the aforesaid Act;
   • (b) references to "public premises" in that Act and those rules shall be deemed to be references to premises of the Authority, and references to "the State Government" in section 6,8,14,16 and 17 of that Act shall be deemed to be references to the Authority.