Constitution and composition of Township Committee for administration of Bhavanisagar township

Constitution and composition of Township Committee for administration of Bhavanisagar township.

1. (1) For the purpose of administering the municipal affairs of the Bhavanisagar township, the State Government shall, by notification, constitute a committee to be called the Bhavanisagar Township Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Township Committee) consisting of the following members, namely:--
   • (a) Members of the House of the People and Members of the Legislative Assembly, chosen to represent a constituency which consists of, or comprises, or which relates to, the township or any portion thereof, and Members of the Legislative Council who ordinarily reside in the township; and
   • (b) such non-officials, not less than two in number, and such officers of the State Government, as they may appoint. (1-A) Where a person ceases to be a Member of the House of the People or a Member of the State Legislature, he shall cease to be a member of the Township Committee from the date on which he ceases to be such Member.
2. (2) The State Government shall appoint--
   • (a) one of the members of the Township Committee to be its Chairman; and
   • (b) another person (not being a member of the Township Committee) to be its Executive Officer. (2-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), no member of the Township Committee, who is a Member of the House of the People or a Member of the State Legislature shall be appointed by the State Government to be its Chairman.
3. (3) The Township Committee shall be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and subject to any restrictions or qualifications imposed by or under this or any other enactment, shall be vested with the capacity of suing and being sued in its corporate name, of acquiring, holding and transferring property, movable or immovable, of entering into contracts, and of doing all things necessary, proper or expedient for the purposes for which it is constituted.