Procedure for making appointments of trustees and their term

(1) In making the appointment of trustees under section 15 the Government, the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner or the Assistant Commissioner as the case may be, shall have due regard to the religious denomination or any section thereof to which, the institution belongs or the endowment is made and the wishes of the founder: Provided that the founder or one of the members of the family of the founder, if qualified as prescribed shall be appointed as one of the Trustees. Explanation I:- ‗Founder‘ means:- (a) In respect of Institution or Endowments existing at the commencement of this Act, the person who was recognized as Hereditary Trustee under the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1966 or a member of his family recognized by the Competent Authority; (b) In respect of an Institution or Endowment established after such commencement, the person who has founded such Institution or Endowment or a member of his family and recognized as such by the competent authority. Explanation II:- ‗Member of the family of the founder means children, grand children and so in agnatic line of succession for the time being in force and declared or recognized as such by the relevant appointing authority. Explanation III:- Those persons who founded temples by collecting donations partly or fully from the public as well as those who founded them on public lands shall not be recognized as founder trustees by any means. (2) Every trustee appointed under section 15 shall hold office for a term of one year from the date of taking oath of office and secrecy: Provided that, on the date of commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments (Telangana Adaptation) Order, 2014, a trustee whoever completed a term of office of one year, from the date of taking oath of office and secrecy, shall cease to hold office forthwith; and the others shall continue to hold office as such till their completion of the term of one year. (3) The procedure for calling for application for appointment of trustees, verification of antecedents and other matters shall be such as may be prescribed. (4) No person shall be a trustee in more than one Board of Trustees. (5) In every board of Trustees, there shall be at least one women member and one member belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes whose population is larger in the concerned village and one member belonging to Backward Classes: Provided that it shall not be necessary to appoint,- (a) a woman member where any person appointed to represent the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes or the Backward Classes is a woman; (b) a member of the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes where any woman member appointed belongs to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes; (c) a member of the Backward Classes where any woman member appointed belongs to the Backward Classes. (6) All properties belonging to a charitable or religious institution or endowment which on the date of commencement of this Act, are in the possession or under the superintendence of the Government, Zilla Praja Parishad, Municipality or other local authority or any company, society, organization, institution or other person or any committee, superintendent or manager appointed by the Government shall on the date on which a Board of Trustee is or is deemed to have been constituted or a trusted is or is deemed to have appointed under this section, stand transferred to such Board of Trustees or trustee thereof, as the case may be and all assets vesting in the Government, local authority or person aforesaid and all liabilities subsisting against such Government, local authorities or a person on the said date shall, devolve on the institution or endowment, as the case may be.