(1) With effect from such date as the Government may by notification in the *Telangana Gazette appoint in this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act, a Board by the name of the Hyderabad Housing Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name and shall be competent to acquire and hold property both movable and immovable and to contract and do all things necessary for the purposes of this Act.
7[(3) For the purposes of this Act, 8the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act 1 of 1894), and 9the Telangana Buildings (Lease, Rent and Eviction) Control Act, 1960 (Telangana Act XV of 1960), the Board shall be deemed to be a local authority.]
Explanation:-The purposes of this Act referred to in sub-section (3) include the management and use of lands and buildings belonging to or vesting in the Board under or for the purposes of this Act and the exercise of its rights over and with respect to such lands and buildings for the purposes of this Act.
4. 10[(1) The Board shall consist of the following members, namely:-
(a) a Chairman, to be appointed by the Government;
7. Substituted by Act No.15 of 1962.
8. This Act has been repealed by Central Act No.30 of 2013.
9. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
10. Sub-section (1) substituted by Act No.25 of 1981.
Incorporation.
Constitution of the Board.
[Act No. XLVI of 1956] 5 11[(b) the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner, ex-officio;]
12[(c) The Commissioner of Weaker Sections Housing Programmes and Managing Director, Telangana State Housing Corporation Limited, Housing Department; Exofficio;
(d) One officer of the Housing Department to be nominated by the Government;]
(e) One officer of the Finance and Planning (Finance Wing) Department, to be nominated by the Government;
12[(f) The Chief Engineer (Public Health), Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Exofficio;
(g) The Chief Engineer (Buildings), Roads and Buildings Department, Ex-officio;
(h) The Director, Town and Country Planning, Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Ex-officio;
(i) The Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department, Ex-officio;
(j) The Chairman & Managing Director, Telangana Central Power Distribution Co., Ltd., Ex-officio;
(k) The Commissioner Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad, Ex-officio;
11. Inserted by Act No.4 of 1984.
12. Substituted by Act No.12 of 2010 and by Adaptation Order 45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
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(l) The Metropolitan Commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Ex-officio;]
(m) One representative of the financial institutions providing financial assistance to the Board, to be nominated by the Government;
(n) three members, to be nominated by the Government, each to represent the Coastal Andhra, the Rayalaseema and the Telangana region of the State;
(o) One member, to be nominated by the Government, to represent the cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.]
(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.
13[Explanation.- Any provision relating to a member contained in sub-section (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.]
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5. 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
13. Added by Act No.4 of 1984.
14. Omitted by Act No.4 of 1984.
Leave of absence of Chairman.
[Act No. XLVI of 1956] 7 acting be deemed for all purposes of this Act to be the Chairman.