Chapter II ESTABLISHMENT OF DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

1. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish the Development Authority to be called as the Tuljapur Development Authority for securing the objectives and purposes of this Act.
2. (2) The Development Authority established under sub-section (1) shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name with power to contract, acquire and hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable ; and to do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act.
3. (3) The Headquarters of the Development Authority shall be at Osmanabad and it may normally sit at Osmanabad, but may also hold its sitting at any other place within the State, as the exigency of the Development Authority may require.

The Development Authority shall consist of the following, namely :-

1. (1) The Collector, Osmanabad DistrictEx Officio-Chairperson.(2) Member of the Legislative Assembly elected from the Tuljapur Legislative Assembly Constituency.Member.(3) The President of the Tuljapur Municipal Council.Member.(4) Two eminent persons to be nominated by the State Government.Members.(5) The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Osmanabad.Member.(6) The Superintendent of Police, Osmanabad. Member.(7) The Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, Osmanabad.Member.(8) The Superintending Engineer, Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd., Osmanabad.Member.(9) The Civil Surgeon, Osmanabad Member.(10) The Executive Engineer, Maharashtra Jivan Pradhikaran, Osmanabad.Member.(11) Town Planner, OsmanabadMember.(12) District Project Officer (Urban Development),Member.(13) The Chief Officer, Tuljapur Municipal Council. Member.(14) District Planning Officer, Osmanabad.Member-Secretary.

1. (1) The Development Authority shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to transaction of its business at its meeting (including quorum at such meeting) as may be prescribed.
2. (2) The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings of the Development Authority and if the Chairperson, for any reason, is unable to attend the meeting, any other member of the Development Authority, chosen by the members present from amongst themselves at the meeting, shall preside over such meeting.
3. (3) Save as otherwise provided in the rules made under sub-section (1), all questions before any meeting of the Development Authority shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting, and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson or in his absence, the person presiding, shall have a second or casting vote.
4. (4) The Chairperson shall be the first amongst equals and shall have the powers of general superintendence and direction in the conduct of the affairs and administrative matters of the Development Authority and shall exercise and discharge such other powers and functions of the Development Authority as may be assigned to him by the Development Authority.

No act or proceedings of the Development Authority shall be invalid merely by reason of,-

1. (a) any vacancy or any defect in the constitution of the Development Authority ; or
2. (b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as the Chairperson or a member of the Development Authority ; or
3. (c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Development Authority not affecting the merits of the case : Provided that, if any question arises whether any irregularity in the procedure has affected the merit of the case or not, the matter shall be referred to the State Government, whose decision thereon shall be final.