(l) Any breach of the rules. order or instructions of the Director issued in pursuance of the Act and these rules shall entail withholding of grants in full or in part, reduction in the grant payable to the library and withdrawal of recognition by the Director:
Provided that no order of withholding or reducing grant (lr cancelling recognition shall be passed by the Director unless the library is informed in writing of the reasons for the propc~;ed action and is given sufficient opportunities to defend itself:
Provided further that the Director may. in his discretion allow the library further time te rectify the defects and to improve the working 0f the library instead of taking action as provided above.
(2) Management aggrieved by the order of the Director may \vithin 30 days from the receipt of the order submit an appeal to the State Govern ment whose decision shall be final. Any appeal received after the period 16 ot 30 days, shall not be entertained unless management shows good and sufficIent cause for not submitting the appeal in time.
SCHEDULE J FORM" A".
(See Chapter II, rule 3)
1. Name of the Library
2. Name of th~ City /TownjVillage in which the Library is situated.
3. The population of the City I Town IVillage according to the latest census.
4. The date and year of establish ment.
5. Name of the management
6. Whether the management IS a body registered under the Societies Registration Act. 1860 or the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950.
Expla.'lation.-This is not appli cable in cases when~ manage ment in a Local Body or a Co operative Society.
7. Name and the postal1ddress o~ the person authorised to Cl'r respond with the Director and Government.
8. !'~umher of members at the time (If application.
9. Nl'mber of books. periodicals and newspapers in the library.
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10. Present accommodation with full details such as rented or owned.
space. etc.
11· Subscription. if any
12. Other material information. if any.
Date : Signature of Secreta~~:__ ..._.
Authorised persotl.
FORM" B" (See Chapter II. rule 6) GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA Department of Librariea.
Certificate of Recognition C~rtified that the (Name of the library) at , taluka district ,. .
I~ recognised by the Director of Libraries as a public librarj from the yeal ........................... in exercise of the powers conferred on him under clause (d) of sub-section (2) of section 9 of the Maharashtra Public Libra ries Act. 1967. The continuance of this recognition shall be subject to the provisions of the Maharashtra Libraries Rules. 1970, and the conditions l>pecified below :-
1. The arrangement of books in a public library shall be according to the instructions issued by the Director from tIme to time.
2. The library shall maintain the following resurd :
(i) Constitution of the Library;
(ii) List of Members:
(iii) Daily Visitors Record:
(iv) Accession Registrar: All bocks purchased or received as gift shall be accessioned within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of the book;
(v) Book Issue Record;
(vi) Account Books (Cash books. ledgers, etc.);
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(vii) Receipt Book;
(viii) Periodicals and Newspapers Record;
Ox) Complaint and Suggestion Book;
(x) Dead Stock Registrar;
(xi) Register of Schol'\fs and Research;
(xii) Inward and Outward Register;
(xiii) Deposit Register;
(xiv) Minutes of Meetings;
(xv) Withdrawal Register.
3. The library shall display the following notice-boards at prominent places :-
(i) the name of the library with words" Government Recognised and Free" at the end;
(ii) the names of office-bearers and members of the Managing Com mittee;
(iii) the working hours of the library and the days on which library will remain closed.
4. The management shall supply the Director with such returns and periodical information as the Director may call for from time to time.
5. The Public Library shall spend not less than 50 per cent of the grant-in-aid on books. Provided that not less than 25 per cent of the grant shall be spent on purchase of books from not less than t"o lists of books issued by the Director during the year.
6. Books purchased by the public library shouid confirm to the follow ing requirements:-
(i) books shall be of geneml interest and of cultural value;
(ii) the books should not contain anything calculated to create dis content or hatred among different communities, or commum: dishar mony;
(iii) the books should not contain undesirable pictures or any matter of doubtful taste.
7. The management shall keep the library open for inspection by the Director or any other officer authorised by him ir. thiS behalf at all times during the working hours of the library.
Director of Libraries.
Mah:uashtra State, Bombay.
Place:
Date :
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(See Chapter n. rule') J
1. Serial number
2. Name of the Library
3. Name of the City /Town/Village.
in which the library is situated.
4. The date and year of establish ment.
5. The date and year of recogni tion of the library.
6. Name of the management
7. Whether the management fS a body registered under the Societies Registraion Act.
1860 or the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950.
Explallatio/l.-This is not appli cable in cases where manage ment is a local body or a Co operative Society.
8. Name and the postal address of the person authorised to corres pond with the Director and Government.
9. Number of members at the time of recognition.
10. Number of books, periodicals and newspapers in the library
11. Subscription, if any
12. Other material information, if any 2u
SCHEDULE ll.
[See Chapter I, rule 2(b)] Items oj admissible expenditure jor G.':;sessment oj trants
(i) Actual expenditure on. the pay and allowances of the staff of the Library or 40 per cent. of the total admissible expenditure, whichever is less.
(ii) Rent, rates and taxes.
Note (i).-A certificate of reasonableness of rent from the Executive Engineer, Buildings and Communications Department, will have to De produced, if required by the Director.
Note (ii).-If the library is housed in its own building, no amount will be admissible as rent.
(iii) Repairs to library building. Only the amount spent on repairs of the building or part of the building used for the library would be admissible.
(iv) Net expenditure on purchase of books excluding the commission.
(v) The expenditure on preparation and printing of library catalogues.
(vi) Expenditure on furniture including book-racks, tables, chairs and catalogue cabinets and on repairs to furniture.
(vii) Expenditure on insurance of the library.
(viii) Ependiture on stationery, binding, postage, printing, electricity and insecticides.
(ix) Expenditure on cultural activities such as book exhibitions, lectures, discussion groups and debates.
Note.-The expenditure on this item includes reasonable expenditure ()n honorarium, travelling, lodging arrangement of the Speaker, expenditure on purchase of books for discussion groups and expenditure on loud.speaker arrangements wherever necessary.
(x) Expenditure on subscription to Iecognised library association.
(xi) Reasonable expenditure incurred on subscription and for attending conferences of recognised library associations by two delegate~.
(xii) Expenditure on development of library service.
(xiii) Miscellaneous.
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SCHEDULE Jll FORM" A" (See Chapter V, rule 25) l. Name of the City jTownjTaluka • and District in which the library is situated.
2. Name of the library
3. The date of establishment and the date and year of recogni tion of the library.
4. Number of members enrolled ...
5. Name of the person authorised to correspond with Director.
6. Present accommodation, whether rented or owned, full detaiis about floor area, and othel relevant factors should be given.
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7. Why additional accommodation is considered essential ?
8. Whether a site is available.··-
(a) If so, give the measurements and full description.
(b) If not, how the manage· ment proposes to acquire a site and complete the project within the stipu lated time?
9.
to.
The estimated cost of the project.
How the management propose~ to meet the cost of the project in excess of the grant?
Production of evidence In this behalf.
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11. Whether the plans including th~ site plan and estimates hav.:
been approved, and if so by whom? A copy of certi ficate given by such approving authority should be forwarded with the <tpplication case rh~ plans and estimates are :lot countersigned by such autho· rity in token of approval.
12. The a~ency by which the work is proposed to be carried ;mt.
13. Whether the management is wii ling to execute an agreement to utilise the grant for the purpose for which it is gi'1'en and to refund the same with \nterest thereon at such rate 35 Government may fix from time to time in case the manage· ment fa:ls to utilise the grant for the purpose withiJl the stipulated time.
J4. Whether the mana!ement is agreeable to abide by rules framed by Government for thi,> purpose from time to time.
]5. Any other material information.
Date:
President of Library.
Place:
Secretary of Library By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra.
D. M. SUKTHANKAR, Deputy Secretary to Government.
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