The Maharashtra Goseva Ayog Act, 2023
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18. Power of Government to call for reports, returns, etc.
The Government may call for such reports, returns or statements from the Goseva Ayog, from time to time, as it considers necessary.
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19. Power of Ayog to call for records.
In order to enable the Goseva Ayog to perform the functions under this Act, the Ayog may call for information or report from any Department of the Government or any body or authority or any Institution and the Department or body or authority or the Institution, as the case may be, shall, as early as practicable, comply with such request of the Ayog.
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20. Power to give directions.
The Government may, from time to time, in the public interest and for better and effective administration of the Goseva Ayog, give such directions to Ayog as deemed necessary; and the Goseva Ayog shall comply with such directions.
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21. Appeal.
- (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed by the Goseva Ayog under section 22 or any other order passed under this Act, may, within sixty days from the date of its communication, file an appeal to the Government.
- (2) On receipt of such appeal, the Government shall, after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the appellant, pass such order as it may think fit.
- (3) Every order made under this section by the Government shall be final.
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22. Penalty.
- (1) If any person or Institution contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder, or fails to comply with any order made in pursuance of such provisions, the Goseva Ayog may, after such enquiry as it may deem necessary, and after giving the person or Institution an opportunity of being heard, impose upon him penalty which may extend upto ten thousand rupees.
- (2) The amount of penalty if not paid, it shall be recoverable as an arrears of land revenue.
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23. Members of Goseva Ayog to be public servants.
All members and officers of the Goseva Ayog shall, when acting or purporting to act in pursuance of any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder, be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
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24. Protection of action taken in good faith.
No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any member, officer or employee of the Goseva Ayog for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.
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25. Power to make regulations.
The Goseva Ayog may, with the previous approval of the State Government, make regulations, from time to time, by notification published in the Official Gazette, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and rules made thereunder, for all or any of the matters provided under this Act by regulations.
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26. Power to make rules.
- (1) The State Government may, by notification published in the Official Gazette, make rules, subject to the condition of previous publication, to carry out the purposes of this Act.
- (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made and notify such decision in the Official Gazette, the rule shall, from the date of publication of a notification in the Official Gazette, have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done or omitted to be done under that rule.
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27. Power to remove difficulties.
- (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, as occasion arises, by an order published in the Official Gazette,do anything, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, which appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of removing the difficulty: Provided that, no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
- (2) Every order made under sub-section (1) shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature.
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