1.Substituted by the Act No. 6 of 1996, S.2.
2.Substituted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.5.
3. Substituted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.5.
4. Substituted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.6.
(a) an ordinary meeting shall be held once atleast every month;
(b) The Chairman may whenever he thinks fit, call for special meetings;
(c) The quorum for a meeting shall be half the whole number of the members;
(d) Every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and in his absence, by any member chosen by the members present at the meeting to preside for the occasion;
(e) If less than one-half of the whole number of members is present at a meeting, the Chairman shall adjourn the meeting to such time on the following day or some other future day as he may fix. A notice of the meeting so fixed shall be posted in the Board’s Office.
The business which could not be considered at the meeting so postponed for want of quorum shall be brought before and disposed of at the meeting so fixed or at any subsequent adjourned meeting irrespective of whether there be any quorum or not;
(f) All questions at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes of the members present and voting and in case of equality of votes the person presiding shall have and exercise a second or casting vote.
(g) The minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be recorded in a book to be provided for the purpose.
13. Power to make contracts - The Board may enter in to and perform or require the performance of all such contracts as it may consider necessary or expedient for carrying out any of the purpose of this Act.
1[13-A. Appointment of Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner - (1) The Government may appoint a Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner to the Board, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board and he shall be responsible for implementing the resolutions of the Board or any committee thereof. The Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner shall also exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be entrusted to him by the Government. The staff borne on the establishment of the Board shall be under the administrative control and supervision of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner.
(2) The Government shall pay in the first instance out of the Consolidated Fund of the State, the salary, allowances, leave allowances, pension and contributions, if any, towards the provident fund or provident-cum-pension fund of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner appointed by them for the Board, and it shall be subsequently reimbursed from the fund of the Board in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The Government shall have power to make rules to regulate the classification and methods of recruitment, conditions of service, pay and allowances and discipline and conduct of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner.]
1. Inserted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.7.
14. Execution of contracts - (1) Every Contract shall be made on behalf of the Board by the 1[Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner]:
Provided that –
(a) No contract involving an expenditure 2[more than the limits as may be fixed by the Government from time to time] shall be made without the previous sanction of the Government.
(b) (i) No contract involving an expenditure of rupees 3[as may be fixed by the Government from time to time] shall, subject to clause (a), be made without the previous sanction of the Board.
(ii) No estimate or tender involving an expenditure of rupees three thousand and more shall subject to clause (a), be sanctioned or accepted without the previous sanction of the Board.
(2) Sub-section (1) shall apply to every variation or abandonment of a contract or estimate as well as to an original contract or estimate.
15. Further Provision as to execution of contracts - (1) Every contract made by the 4[Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner] on behalf of the Board shall, subject to the provision of this section, be entered in to in such manner and form as may be prescribed.
(2) A contract not executed as provided in this section and the rules made thereunder shall not be binding on the Board.
16. Application of 5[Service Rules] and Certain other rules - Unless otherwise provided in this Act or prescribed thereunder 6[the provisions of the Service Rules for the time being in force in the State] relating to salaries, leave, pensions, traveling allowance, retirements and all conditions of service and the rules for the time being in force relating to the conduct of Government servants and enquiries in to the conduct and punishment of Government servants, shall apply to the Officers and servants of the Board appointed under Section 17.
17. Appointment of Officers & Servants - (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act the Board may have a Secretary, 7[XXXX] one or more Assistant Housing Commissioner and such other engineers, architects, Officers and servants as it shall deem necessary and proper for the efficient execution of its duties and shall from time to time prepare, for the sanction of Government, a schedule of the staff to be so maintained setting forth their designations, grades, salaries, fees and allowances, and their respective duties and may also determine which of the staff is to be maintained permanently and which temporarily:
Provided that the Board shall set forth the designations and determine the grades, salaries, fees and allowances and inconformity with the arrangements prevailing and the schedule of rates in vogue in the establishment of the Government:
1. Substituted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.8.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 12 of 2010, S.3.
3. Substituted by the Act No. 12 of 2010, S.3.
4 .Substituted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.9.
5 . Substituted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.8.
6. Substituted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.8.
7. Omitted by the Act No.25 of 1981, S.7.
Provided further that the power of appointing such Officers and servants whose minimum monthly salary exclusive of allowances exceeds 1[rupees two hundred and fifty] shall vest in the Government;
2[(2) Notwithstanding anything in sub-section (1), the Government may transfer any officer or servant of the Board taken over by it from the Hyderabad City Improvement Board or the Secunderabad Town Improvement Trust under section 19 or from any Department of the Government, to the service of the Government and transfer any officer of the Government to the service of the Board.
(3) The Board shall have the power to create with the previous approval of the Government, such posts of officers and servants whose minimum monthly salary exclusive of allowances does not exceed rupees two hundred and fifty, as it may consider necessary for carrying out the purposes of this Act.]
18. Conditions of service of Officers and servants - The remuneration and other conditions of service of the Secretary, 3[XXXX] and other Officers and servants of the Board shall be such as may be prescribed.
4[18-A. Delegation - Subject to any rules that may be made in this behalf, the Board may by order delegate any of its powers to the 5[Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner] or to any other officer of the Board. The exercise of any powers delegated under this section shall be subject to such restrictions, limitations and conditions and to such control by the Board as may be specified in the order.]
19. Absorption of the existing staff of the Hyderabad City Improvement Board and the Secunderabad Town Improvement Trust by the Board - The Board shall take over and employ such of the existing staff serving for the purposes of the Hyderabad City Improvement Board and the Secunderabad Town Improvement Trust as the Government may direct, and every person so absorbed shall be governed by the provisions of this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
20. General disqualification of all Officers and servants - No person who has directly or indirectly by himself or his partner or agent any share or interest in any contract, by or on behalf of the , or in any employment under, by or on behalf of the Board otherwise than as an Officer or servant thereof, shall become or remain an Officer or servant of the Board.
CHAPTER – III HOUSING SCHEMES
21. Duty of Board to undertake housing schemes - Subject to the provisions of this Act and subject to the control of the Government, the Board may incur expenditure and undertake works for the framing and execution of such housing schemes as it may consider necessary from time to time, or as may be entrusted to it by the Government.
1. Substituted by the Act No.15 of 1962, S 9.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.9.
3.Omitted by the Act No.25 of 1981, S.8.
4. Inserted by Act No.15 of 1962, S,10.
5. Substituted by Act No.4 of 1984, S, 10.
1[21-A. Creation of subsidiaries. The Board may, in furtherance of the objectives of the Act, and for undertaking the activities specified in section 21- B, with the prior approval of the Government, create a subsidiary in the form of,-
(i) an institution to be incorporated and organised under the provisions of the Companies Act,1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956);
(ii) a society under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act,1964 (A.P.Act 7 of 1964); or the Andhra Pradesh Mutually Aided Co-operative Societies Act,1995 (A.P.Act 30 of 1995);
(iii) a firm under the provisions of the Indian Partnership Act,1932 (Central Act 9 of 1932).
21-B. Activities of subsidiaries. A subsidiary created under section 21-A may undertake the following activities:-
(i) to construct integrated townships on non-competitive basis with Andhra Pradesh Housing Board in Andhra Pradesh;
(ii) to construct integrated townships outside the State and outside the country with the prior approval of the State Government;
(iii) to enter into joint ventures in public-private, private-public partnership to construct group housing and integrated townships;
(iv) to enter into joint ventures with private sectors for value-chain on technology up-gradation such as pre-cast, furnishings, furniture, etc.;
(v) to enter into joint ventures for development of integrated township development projects, housing development projects and for other civil construction projects;
(vi) to carry on the business of providing urban infrastructure services including integrated housing and slum development and all activities incidental and ancillary thereto;
(vii) to carry on the business of interior designers, decorators and to carry on all activities incidental thereto; and
(viii) to carry out such other functions as may be specified by the Board or as the case may be the Government, from time to time.]