(I) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 14and 15, it shall be ~ompetent for the Government to appoint an officer of the Gov:rnment not below the rank of Deputy Collector to be m additional charge of the office of- the Administrator pending appointment of the Admmistrator under secti(1,p I 4 or when the office is temporarily vacant: ',
Provided that the period of such additional charge shall not exceed three months. \
(2) No person shall be appomted under subsection (I) tJ.nless he professe5 the Hindu Religion and beheves in temple worship. ',
(3) An officer app1 inted to be in additional charge o~he othce of the Administrator under sub section ( 1) shall be paid such allow~ces as the Government may fix in thi~ behalf. " I 7. Powers and dutzes nf Administrator.-( I) The Administrat;o~- shall be the secretary to the C:>mmittee and its chief executive officer and s all, subject to the control of the Committee, have powers to carry out its dec1sions in accordance with the provisi ·.ns of thiS Ar:t
(2) The Admimstrator shall arrange for the proper collectiOn of offering made in the Temple.
(3) The Admimstrator shall have power to mcur expenditure not exceedmg five thousand rupees to meet unforeseen contingencies during the interval between two meetmgs of the Committee.
18 Establzshment schedule.-( l) The Admmistra tor may, as soon as may be after the commencemen• of this Act, prep'lre and submit to the Committee a schedule s•.!tting forth the duties, designatiOns and grades of the officers 1nd en ployces who may m h1s opinion constitute the establishment of the Temple and c•nbodymg his propo~als w1th regard to t~c salaries and allowances payable to them.
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(2) The Committee shall forward the schedule submitted to it under subsection (I) with its recommendations thereon to the Commissioner for approval.
(3) The Commissioner shall, after considering the recvmmendations of the Committee, approve such schedule either without modification or with such modifications as he deems necessary, and thereupon such schedule as approved by the Commissioner shall come mto force.
(4) No change ~hall be effected in the schedule except with the approval of the Commissioner.
(5) Subject to such exceptions as the Committee may by general or special order d1rect, the officers and cmployecc; of the Devaswom in the service of the Dcvaswom immediately before the,commcncement of this Act shall cuntmue as such, and the conditions of their service shall be such as may be prescribed by regulations made u9d~r. this Act.
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(6) A penon who docs not r-dess the Hindu Rehgion or believe in temple worship shall be disqua!J,fu11 for being appointed as, or for being, an officer or employee of the Dev~wom.
19. Appozntmcnt of offzJ~rs and employees -t l) Appomtmcnt of all officers and other cmpt 7 o,Yees of the Devaswom shall be made by the Comrmttee.
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(2) Ten per cent 'of the posts m each grade of the officers and other employees of the Deviswom shall be reserved for the Sche:duled Ca~tes and the Scheduled Trihes, of which one-fifth shall be reserved for the Scheduled 'Inbcs. /
(3) Se1ec~{on of the officer; and other employees of the Devaswom may be madg~y sub-committees constituted by the Committee from among Its members" I • Pro~ed that selection of employees to be w charge of the rituals and oth~_r~remomes of the Temple shall not be made by any 5ub-committce of wh~I .. the Thantri of the Temple is not a member.
j (4) Subject to the provisiOns of sub-sections (I), (2) and (3), the ~rocedure for the selecuon and appomtment of officers and other employees I re~ulat10ns made m this behalf . /of the Devaswom shall be such as may be determined by the Committee by \ 20 FJxing of standard scales oj expendtture.-(I) The Committee may, from time to time, submit to tbt: Cornrmss10ner proposals for fixmg the dittam or scale of expenditure m the Devaswom, and the amounts which should be allotted to the various oi-Jeets connected With the Devaswom or the proportion m wh1ch the Income or other property of the Devaswom may be applied to such objects
(2) 1 he Committee shall publish such proposals at the premises of the Devaswom and m such other manner as the Commisswner may dtrect' together with a notice- stating that within one month from the date of such pubh.:ation any person havinJ mterest ia the Temple may submit objections or suggestions to the Commissioner.
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66 ($) ll, on a ~crutmy of such propo~als, and any object10rts .trtd sug gestiOns made by persom having interest in the 1 emple, it appears to the Commissioner that the scale of expenditure or any Item m the scale of expenditurl" is at vanance with the established usage of the Dcvaswom, or is not justified by its financial position, the Commissioner may call for the remarks of the Commtttec and if, aftel' considermg the sa•ne, the Commis sioner ts of th~ . ppimon that any modincattOn is requued in the scale of cxpendtturc or any Item m the scale of expcndtture, he shall pass ordets accordingly, and such orders shall, subject to the proviswns of sub,cctton ( 4), be final.
(4) The Committee may, within three months from the date of receipt by it of the order passed hy the CommissiOner under ~ubseetilln ( 3), institute a suit in the court to modifY. the order or to set tt aside.
C;u,PTr:R IV Budget, AccoJi?t~d Audit 2 I. Budget.-( l) The C')mmlttee shall, b~re the end of March in each financial year, submit to the Commissioner, in s(\Ch fonn as mly be fixed by him, a budget estimate of the recctpts and exp~diture of the Devaswom for the followmg financial year. ',
(2) Every such budget shall make adequate proviswn for-
(a) the dtttam or scale of expenditure for the ti~~.bcing in force;
(b) the due discharge of all habihttes binding on ti~!! Devaswom;
(c) the repair and renovation of buildings conn~~ted wtth the Dcvaswom; and ", \
(d) the maintenance of a working balance. ',
(3) The Commissioner may, after g1vmg notice to the Cflm;mttcc in the prescribffi manner and after conudering its representations, if any':\_make such alterations, omissions or additLons in the budget as the C'lmmissi~ur may deem fit. \.
(4) The Commissioner shall send a copy of the budget a~ approved by) him to the Government. "' .\