State Act

The Andhra Pradesh Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, 1987.

1[96. Constitution of Board of Trustees – (1) There shall be a Board constituted by the Government for the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams called "the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanams Board" consisting of not more than 2[twenty nine members] including the Chairman, to be appointed by the Government, of whom :- 3[(i) the Principal Secretary or Secretary, Revenue in-charge of endowments shall be a member ex-officio; (i – a) the commissioner of endowments shall be a member ex-officio; 1[(i-b) the Chairman, Tirupathi Urban Development constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975 (Act 1 of 1975) shall be a member Ex-officio;] (ii) the Executive Officer, shall be the Member-Secretary, Ex-Officio ; (iii) three shall be members of the State Legislature ; (iv) one shall be a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes ; (v) one shall be a woman : 2[(vi) one shall be prominent person with a long track record of philanthropy and support to Hindu Religious Institutions.] Provided that it shall not be obligatory to appoint, - (a) a person to represent category (iv), where any of the persons appointed under category (iii) or category (v) belongs to the Scheduled Castes ; (b) a person to represent category (v) where any one of the persons appointed under category (iii) or category (iv) is a woman : Provided further that a member representing category (iii) shall cease to hold office as soon as he ceases to be a member of the State Legislature. 3[Provided also that the members mentioned at clauses (iv), (v) and (vi) shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government.] (2) The persons appointed as members under sub-section (1) shall be persons professing Hindu religion. Explanation:- In this section the expression ‘’Scheduled Caste’’ shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (24) of article 366 of the Constitution of India.]