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The Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018

The Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018

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The Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust Shingnapur Act, 2018, regulates the administration, assets, and religious services of the Shani temple in Shingnapur, Maharashtra. It applies to temple trustees, management staff, local vendors, and visiting devotees. The legislation is important because it replaces the temple's former private trust with a government appointed Management Committee. This transition shifts oversight of the temple's valuable properties, cash offerings, and daily operations to public authorities, ensuring strict financial accountability, preventing unauthorized land sales, and improving facilities for all worshippers. By formalizing this management, it protects the temple's wealth and religious heritage for the entire local community.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title and commencement.
  2. 2Definitions.

Chapter II RECONSTITUTION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY OF THE ERSTWHILE TRUST →

  1. 3Reconstitution of erstwhile trust and transfer to and vesting of properties.
  2. 4Transfer of possession of valuables and properties to Trust.

Chapter III MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE →

  1. 5Constitution of Management Committee for Devasthan Trust
  2. 6Allowances to members.
  3. 7Term of office of members.
  4. 8Qualifications for being member.
  5. 9Disqualification for membership.
  6. 10Removal of members.
  7. 11Power to reconstitute Committee.
  8. 12Filling up of casual vacancy.

Chapter IV CONDUCT OF BUSINESS →

  1. 13Meetings of the Committee and rules of procedure.
  2. 14Defect or vacancy not to invalidate acts.
  3. 15Duties and powers of Committee.
  4. 16Power of Committee to grant licence.
  5. 17Power to cancel or suspend license.

Chapter V EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHER OFFICERS →

  1. 18Appointment of Executive Officer and other officers and employees of Committee.
  2. 19Powers and duties of Executive Officer.
  3. 20Emergency power of Executive Officer.
  4. 21Terms and conditions of service of the Executive Officer, other officers and employees.
  5. 22Allocation of employees of erstwhile trust to Devasthan Trust.
  6. 23Punishment by Committee.
  7. 24Appointment of officers and employees.

Chapter VI FUNDS OF THE DEVASTHAN TRUST →

  1. 25Trust Fund.
  2. 26Utilisation of Trust Fund.
  3. 27Management Fund and its utilisation.
  4. 28Management Fund and its utilisation.

Chapter VII BUDGET, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT →

  1. 29Executive officer to submit budget to State Government.
  2. 30Accounts.
  3. 31Audit.

Chapter VIII CONTROL →

  1. 32Power of State Government to give direction, call for report, document, etc.
  2. 33Inspection by Government.
  3. 34Power of State Government to suspend or rescind any resolution or order, etc. of Committee.
  4. 35Public Officers to furnish copies or extracts from certain documents.
  5. 36Dissolution and supersession of Committee.
  6. 37Penalty for wrongful withholding of property belonging to Devasthan Trust.

Chapter IX PREPARATION AND MAINTENANCE OF REGISTERS BY THE TRUST →

  1. 38Preparation and maintenance of registers by Devasthan Trust.

Chapter X MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 39Suits and other proceedings by or against.
  2. 40Continuance of legal proceeding by or against erstwhile public trust and construction of reference to that trust.
  3. 41Annual report of Committee.
  4. 42Members of Committee and officers and employees of Devasthan Trust to be public servan
  5. 43Protection of action taken in good faith.
  6. 44Acts to override other laws, etc.
  7. 45Provisions of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999 not to apply.
  8. 46Power to make rules.
  9. 47Power to make regulations.
  10. 48Removal of difficulties.

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