State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH AVAS EVAM VIKAS PARISHAD ADHINIYAM, 1965

3- (1) The State Government shall by notification in the Gazette establish a Board to be called the Uttar Pradesh Avas Evam Vikas Parishad. (2) The Board shall be a body corporate, with the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and common seal and may sue in its corporate name and be competent, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose of property and to contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act. (3) For the purpose of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Local Authorities Loans Act, 1914 and any other law for the time being in force to Board shall be deemed to a local authority. (4) The Board shall have its head office at a place to be specified by the State Government and also an office at the headquarters of each unit and may have officers at such other places as it may consider necessary to be directed by the State Government. 1[(5) There shall be following Chairman/ members in the Board- (a) Minister Housing Department, Uttarakhand – Chairman- ex officio; (b) Principal Secretary/ secretary Housing Department Uttarkhand Government- Acting Chairman/ memebr- ex officio; (c) Principal secretary/ secretary, Finance Uttarakhand Government- Ex officio member; (d) Principal Secretary/ secretary, Urban Development department Uttarakhand Government- ex-officio member; (e) Principal Secretary/ Secretary Public enterprise bureau Uttarakhand Government- ex officio member; (f) Chief Town and village planner- ex officio member; (g) The Director Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee- ex officio member; (h) Chief Engineer, Public Works Department- member ex-officio; (i) Finance Controller, Uttarakhand Planning And Town Development Authority- ex officio member.] (6) An officer referred to in clause (b), clause (c) or clause (d) of sub-section (5) may instead of attending a meeting of the Board himself depute an officer next junior to him available in his department to attend the meeting. The officer so deputed shall have the right to take part in the proceedings of the meeting and shall also have the right to vote. (7) The appointment of the Adhyaksh and the members referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (5) shall be notified in the Gazette.