(1) (a) The Government shall, as soon as may be after the commencement of this Act by notification constitute a Board by the name of “The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board”;
(b) The Board shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power, subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, to acquire hold and dispose of property, and enter into contracts, and shall by the said name sue and be sued;
7. Changed as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955.
Constitution and composition of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.
Act II of 1956.
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(c) For the purposes of this Act and the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, the Board shall be deemed to be a local authority.
(2) The Board shall consist of the following:-
(a) Chief Minister Ex-Officio Chairman;
(b) Minister for Municipal Administration.
Ex-Officio Vice- Chairman;
(c) Secretary to Government, Housing Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department.
Ex-Officio Director;
(d) Secretary to Government, Finance Department.
Ex-Officio Director;
(e) Secretary to Government, Irrigation Department.
Ex-Officio Director;
(f) 8[Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad].
Ex-Officio Director;
(g) Chairman, 9Telangana State Pollution Control Board.
Ex-Officio Director;
(h) Director, Medical, Health and Family Welfare Services.
Ex-Officio Director;
(i) A Chief Engineer of the Board to be appointed by the Government.
Director;
8. Now, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.
9. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.46, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
Central Act 1 of 1894.
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(j) One Person nominated by the Government of the rank of Additional Accountant General drawn from either I.A. & A.S. or any financial institution or a Chartered Accountant with not less than twenty years of experience in the field of finance and accounts.
Director;
10[(ja) Four persons to be nominated by the Government from the category of Mayors/Chairpersons/elected members of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and Municipalities falling within the area of the Board.]
Directors
(k) One person of the I.A.S. cadre to be nominated by the Government.
Mananging Director;
(3) No act done by the Board shall be called in question on the ground only of the existence of any vacancy or any defect in the constitution of the Board.
4. All orders and decisions of the Board shall be authenticated by the signature of the Managing Director or any other Director authorised by the Board in this behalf and all other instruments issued by the Board shall be authenticated by the signature of such Director or Officer of the Board as may be authorised by the Board in this behalf.