(1) The Chairman of the Parishad shall be entitled to such salary and allowances and shall be subject to such conditions of service as may from time to time be prescribed.
11[(2) The Chairman and every Member of the Parishad, other than the ex-officio member, shall hold office during the pleasure of the 12[Government].]
(3) The other members of the Parishad shall receive such allowances as may be prescribed.
7-A. The Member-secretary shall be the Chief Executive of the Parishad and shall exercise the following powers and perform the following functions, namely:-
(1) implement all the policies and programmes of the Parishad;
(2) exercise general supervision and control over the Parishad office staff, field staff of libraries or any other employees of the Parishad and all the libraries under Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas;
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(4) run the day-to-day administration of the Parishad and conduct all its financial administrative transactions;
(5) be the custodian of the finances of the Parishad;
11. Substituted by Act No.16 of 1990.
12. Substituted for the word ―Governor‖ by G.O.Ms.No.35, School Education (Training) Department, dated 21.12.2015.
13. Omitted by G.O.Ms.No.35, School Education (Training) Department, dated 21.12.2015.
Salaries and allowances of Chairman etc.
Powers and functions of the Member- Secretary.
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(6) prepare and present the audited statements of accounts and utilisation certificates to the Parishad for its approval;
(7) obtain audited statements of accouts of all the Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas and place them before the Parishad for its approval along with utilisation certificates; and
(8) recommend administrative and financial sanctions for the creation of the posts of officers and the other employees for the performance of functions of the Parishad.
7-B. Any vacancy occurring in the office of the Chairman or as the case may be of the member of the Parishad 14[XXX] shall be filled by nomination of another person in the manner provided in section 3. 15[XXX].
7-C. (1) The Parishad shall have its own funds, consisting of,-
(a) the grants made by the State Government;
(b) all moneys received by or on its behalf under the provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force or under any other contract;
(c) all proceeds of the disposal of the property by or on behalf of the Parishad;
(d) all moneys received by or on behalf of the Parishad from public bodies, private bodies or private individuals by way of grants, donations or deposits;
14. The words ―before the expiration of the term‖ omitted by Act No.16 of 1990.
15. The words ―and the persons so nominated, shall hold office for the residue of the term of his predecessor‖ omitted by Act No.16 of 1990.
Funds of the Parishad.
Filling up of casual vacancies of the Chairman and the members of the Parishad.
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(e) all interests and profits arising from any investment or from any transaction in connection with any money belonging to the Parishad; and
(f) such other sums from the Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas as may be required for specific purposes as provided under the Act or as per the instructions of the Government, from time to time.
(2) All moneys belonging to the Parishad shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The Parishad may spend such sums as it may deem fit for performing its functions under this Act and such expenditure shall be treated as expenditure payable out of this fund.
7-D. The Government may, at any time after the constitution of the Parishad, transfer to it any properties of the public libraries along with the staff on such terms and conditions as it may deem proper.
7-E. The Parishad shall function under the general supervision and control of the Government and the Government shall have power to give such directions as it may deem fit from time to time and may review the actions of the Parishad.]
CHAPTER III.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES.
8. For the purposes of this Act, the Government shall constitute a separate Department of Public Libraries and Transfer of properties and staff.
Power of the Government to give directions.
Constitution of the Department of Public Libraries and appointment of the Director thereof and his duties.
[Act No. VIII of 1960] 11 16[appoint a Director for that Department]. The Director so appointed shall, subject to the control of the Government—
(a) supervise the State Central Library and the branches of such library;
(b) superintend and direct all matters relating to public libraries;
(c) declare in accordance with the rules made under this Act, what libraries are eligible for aid from the Government and supervise and direct all matters relating to such libraries;
(d) direct and control the work of all Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas under this Act in the manner prescribed;
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(f) submit reports to the Committee on the working of libraries, whenever necessary;
(g) publish annually a bibliography of all the books published in the State in any language other than English or Sanskrit;
(h) perform such other duties and exercise such other powers as are imposed or conferred on him by this Act or the rules made thereunder;
(i) arrange for centralised classification, cataloguing, inter-library loan, co-ordination of book selection and maintenance of copyright registry;
16. Substituted by Act No.7 of 1969.
17. Omitted by Act No.11 of 1989.
12 [Act No. VIII of 1960] 18[(j) [XXX]] 19[(k) to deal with all the administrative matters pertaining to appointments, postings, transfers, promotions and disciplinary action on the staff of Parishad and Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas.]
20[8-A. (1) The Government may, at any time create such number of posts of Librarians for City Central Library, Hyderabad and for the District Central Libraries, as they may consider necessary, for carrying out the purposes of this Act.
(2) All appointments to the posts of Librarians created under sub-section (1) and transfers of the holders of such posts shall be subject to the provisions of the 21Telangana Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act, 1984 as amended from time to time and to such other rules as may be made under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India.
(3) The Government shall pay, out of the Consolidated Fund of the State, the salaries, allowances, Leave allowances, pension and contributions, if any, towards the Provident Fund or Pension-cum-Provident Fund of the Librarians referred to in sub-section (1).
(4) The classification and methods of recruitment, conditions of service, pay and Allowances and discipline and conduct of the Librarians referred to in sub-section (1) shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of the
18. Omitted by Act No.11 of 1989 (w.e.f.2.12.1988).
19. Added by G.O.Ms.No.35, School Education (Training) Department, dated.21.12.2015.
20. Section 8-A with marginal heading inserted by Act No.13 of 1987.
21. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
Librarians for City Central Library, Hyderabad and District Central Libraries.
[Act No. VIII of 1960] 13 22Telangana Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act, 1984 as amended from time to time and to such other rules as may be made under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of India.
(5) Every holder of the post of Librarian, who is appointed under this Act, immediately before the commencement of the Andhra Pradesh Public Libraries (Amendment) Act, 1986 shall, notwithstanding anything in this Act, continue to hold such post, subject to the provisions of the 22Telangana Public Employment (Regulation of Age of Superannuation) Act, 1984, as amended from time to time and to such other rules as may be made under the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution and until provision in that behalf is so made, the rules for the time being in force regulating the recruitment and conditions of service applicable to such holder immediately before such commencement, except the provision relating to age of superannuation, shall continue to apply to such holder.
(6) The Government may, from time to time, by order give such directions to any Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas or Director, as may appear to them to be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions of this section ;
and Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha or Director, as the case may be, shall comply with all such directions.]
CHAPTER IV.
THE ZILLA GRANDHALAYA SAMASTHAS.
9. 23[(1) For the purposes of organising and administering public libraries in the State, there shall be constituted Zilla Grandhalaya Samsthas, one for the City of Hyderabad by the name of the Hyderabad City Grandhalaya Samstha, one
22. Adapted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016
23. Substituted by Act No.7 of 1969.
Act 23 of 1984.
Constitution and incorporation of Zilla Grandhalaya Samasthas.
14 [Act No. VIII of 1960] for the district of Hyderabad excluding the said City by the name of the Hyderabad Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha and one for each of the other districts by the name of the district concerned.]
(2) Every Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha shall, by the name of the area for which it is constituted, be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, and to enter into contracts and may by the said name sue and be sued.
(3) It shall be the duty of every Zilla Grandhalaya Samstha to provide library service in the area of its jurisdiction.