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section 3

The Aizawl Development Authority

The Aizawl Development Authority Act, 2005
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  1. (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute for the purposes of this Act an authority to be called the Aizawl Development Authority.
  2. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable and to contract and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
  3. (3) The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely :-
    • (a) a chairman who shall be the Chief Minister, ex-officio;
    • (b) a vice-chairman to be appointed by the Government;
    • (c) a town planner member to be appointed by the Government;
    • (d) an engineer member to be appointed by the Government;
    • (e) Chief Secretary of the Government;
    • (f) Commissioner/Secretary, Local Administration Department;
    • (g) Commissioner/Secretary, Finance Department;
    • (h) Dy. Commissioner, Aizawl;
      • (i) Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department of the Government;
    • (j) Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department of the Government;
    • (k) Chief Engineer, Power & Electricity Department of the Government;
    • (l) Director, Local Administration Department;
    • (m) Director, Land Revenue & Settlement;
    • (n) Director, Transport Department;
    • (o) Chief Town & Country Planner of the Government;
    • (p) Head of the Geology & Mining;
    • (q) Three Members of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly from Aizawl city to be nominated by the State Government with the prior approval of the Speaker of the Mizoram Legislative Assembly;
    • (r) three prominent persons, preferably experts in the relevant field, to be nominated by the Government, and one person to be nominated by the Government to represent the non-governmental organizations.
  4. (4) The appointments of the vice-chairman, the town planner member and the engineer member shall be whole-time. The vice-chairman shall function as the chief executive of the Authority.
  5. (5) The vice-chairman, the town planner member and the engineer member shall be entitled to receive from the funds of the Authority such salaries and such allowances and governed by such conditions of service as may be determined by rules made in this behalf.
  6. (6) The other members specified in clauses (p),
    • (q) and
    • (r) of sub-section
  7. (3) may be paid from the funds of the Authority such allowances, if any, as may be fixed by the Government in this behalf.
  8. (7) The vice-chairman, the town planner member, the engineer member and the members referred to in clause (q), and clause
    • (r) of sub-section
  9. (3) shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government.
  10. (8) A nominated member shall hold office for a term of three years and shall be eligible for re-nomination. Provided that such term shall come to an end as soon as the member ceases to be a member of the body from which he is nominated.
  11. (9) A member other than an ex-officio member may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the Government but shall continue in office until his resignation is accepted by the Government.
  12. (10) No act or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid by reason of the existence of any vacancy in, or defect in the constitution of, the Authority.

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