(1) On the recommendation of, or after consultation with the Collector, the Government may remove from the Board the Chairman or Vice-Chairman or any other nonofficial member who—
(a) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting as such or has absented himself from three consecutive meetings of the Board and is unable or unwilling to account satisfactorily for his absence in the case of the Vice- Chairman or any other member to the Chairman and in the case of the Chairman to the Collector; or
(b) being a legal practitioner in any legal proceeding acts or appears on behalf of any person against the Board or against the Government in any such proceeding which relates to any matter in which the Board is or has been Chairman and Vice-Chairman.
Notification of elections and nominations.
Removal of Chairman, Vicechairman or of non-official members from office.
6 [Act No. XLIV of 1956] concerned and in which his or his client's interests are opposed to those of the Board or acts or appears on behalf of any person in any criminal proceeding instituted by or on behalf of the Board against such person; or
(c) who in the opinion of the Government has so flagrantly abused in any manner his position as the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or member of the Board as to render his continuance as such detrimental to the public interest.
(2) No order of removal shall be passed under subsection (1) until a reasonable opportunity has been given to the Chairman, Vice-Chairman or other member, as the case may be, to furnish an explanation and every such order shall record the reasons for such removal.
(3) Any removal from office under sub-section (1) shall disqualify the person so removed for re-election or nomination to the office from which he is removed for the period during which but for such removal, he would have continued to hold that office.
9. No resignation tendered by the Chairman or Vicechairman or any other member of the Board shall be valid until it has been accepted by the Government.
10. Every vacancy in the Board due to the death, resignation or removal of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman or any other member of the Board or to his becoming incapable of acting as such or to his otherwise ceasing to be such Chairman, Vice-Chairman or member previous to the expiry of the term of his office shall be filled by election or nominaiion, as the case may be, of a person thereto who shall hold office so long only as the Chairman or Vice- Chairman or other members in whose place he is elected or Resignation.
Filling up of casual vacancy.
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CHAPTER - III.
Subordinate agencies Officers and Servants.
11. The Chairman may discharge such functions and exercise such powers as are imposed or conferred upon him by this Act or the rules and bye-laws made thereunder or as may, subject to the prescribed restrictions (if any), be delegated to him by the Board.
12. The Chairman may, subject to the prescribed restrictions, by written order, delegate to the Vice-Chairman or any officer of the Board, all or any of the powers or functions assigned to the Chairman by this Act or by the rules made thereunder, and may, at any time by written order, withdraw or modify any such order of delegation:
Provided that nothing done by the Vice-Chairman which might have been done under the authortty of a written order from the Chairman, shall be invalid for want of, or for any defect in, such written order, if it be done with the express or implied consent of the Chairman previously or subsequenlly obtained.
Officers, Servants and Conditions of Service.
13. Unless otherwise provided in this Act or prescribed thereunder, the provisions of the Hyderabad Civil Service Regulations for the time being in force relating to salaries, leave, pension, travelIing allowance, retirement and other conditions of service and the rules for the time being in force relating to the conduct of Government Servants and enquiries into their conduct and penalty, shall apply to the officers and servants of the Board.
Powers of Chairman.
Delegation of powers to Vicechairman, etc.
Application of the Hyderabad Civil Service Regulations and certain other Rules.
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14. Subject to the provisions of this Act, and the rules made thereunder the Board may appoint such officers and servants as it shall deem necessary and proper for the efficient execution of its duties and shall from time to time prepare a schedule of the staff to be so maintained setting forth their designations, grades, salaries, fees and aIlowances and their respective duties and may also determine which of the staff is to be maintained permanently and which temporarily:
Provided that in so setting forth and determining the grades, salaries, fees and allowances, the Board shall have regard to the arrangements prevailing and the schedule of rates in vogue in the establishment of the Government.