6[(1) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:-
(a) The Chairman, to be appointed by the Government;
1. Substituted by the Act No.15 of 1962. S,23.
2. Inserted by the Act No. 33 of 2018, S.3.
3.Inserted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.5.
4.Sub section(3)Renumbered as sub section (6) by the Act No.33 of 2018.
5. Substituted by the Act No. 33 of 2018, S.3.
6. Substituted by the Act No. 33 of 2018, S.4.
(b) The Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Special Chief Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department;
(c) The Vice Chairman and Housing Commissioner, Ex-Officio;
(d) The Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh State Housing Corporation Limited;
(e) The Managing Director, Andhra Pradesh Township and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited;
(f) The Commissioner, Capital Region Development Authority;
(g) The Mission Director, Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas;
(h) The Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary/Deputy Secretary, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department;
(i) An officer of the Finance Department to be nominated by the Government;
(j) The Chief Engineer, Andhra Pradesh Housing Board, Ex-Officio;
(k) The Chief Engineer/Engineer-in-Chief(Public Health), Ex-Officio;
(l) The Chief Engineer/Engineer-in-Chief(Buildings), Ex-Officio;
(m) The Director of Town & Country Planning, Ex-Officio;
(n) The Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, Ex- Officio;
(o) The Additional Secretary/Joint Secretary/Special Secretary, Energy Department;
(p) The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Vijayawada, Ex-Officio;
(q) The Vice Chairman of the Visakhapatnam Urban Development Authority;
(r) The Regional Chief / Executive Director, Housing and Urban Development Corporation;
(s) Two Members to be nominated by the Government each to represent the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of the State;
(t) Any other Member(s) appointed by the Government.’’]
(2) Any member of the Board may at any time resign his office by submitting his resignation to the Government:
Provided that the resignation shall not take effect until it is accepted.
1[Explanation.- Any provision relating to a member contained in subsection (2) of this section, sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 7, and sections 8 and 9 shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be deemed to apply also to the Chairman.]
1 .Added by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.2.
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5. Leave of absence of Chairman - The Government may from time to time grant to the Chairman such leave as may be admissible under the rules and any person whom the Government appoints to act for the Chairman during such absence on leave shall, while so acting be deemed for all purposes of this Act to be the Chairman.
6. Disqualification for appointment on Board - (1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed or continuing 2[as the Chairman or member] of the Board, if he;
(a) holds any office or place of profit under the Board;
(b) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court;
(c) is an undischarged insolvent;
(d) subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) has directly or indirectly by himself or his partner or if he belongs to join Hindu family by any member of such family any share or interest in any contract (except as a share holder other than a Director in a company) or employment with, by or on behalf of the Board.
(2) A person shall not be deemed to have incurred disqualification under clause (d) of sub-section (1) by reasons only of his :-
(a) receiving pension from the Board;
(b) having any share or interest in-
(i) any lease, sale, exchange or purchase of land or any agreement for the same;
(ii) any agreement for the loan of money or any secure for the payment of money only;
(iii) Any newspaper in which any advertisement relating to the affairs of the Board is inserted.
(iv) Any joint-stock board or any society registered or deemed to be registered 3[under the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) Co-operative Societies Act, 1932 (Act VI of 1932) or] which shall contract with or be employed by the Chairman or any Officer on behalf of the Board;
4[(v) the occasional sale to the Chairman or any Officer on behalf of the Board of any article in which the regularly trades, of a value not exceeding in the aggregate in any financial year one thousand rupees;]
(vi) The occasional letting out on hire to the Board or hiring from the Board of any article for an amount not exceeding in the aggregate in any one financial year five hundred rupees;
1. Omitted by Act No.4 of 1984. S,3.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.4.
3 .Inserted by the Act No. 15 of 1962, S.7.
4. Inserted by the Act No. 4 of 1984, S.4.
(c) Occupying as a tenant for the purpose of residence any premises belonging to the Board;