(1) The Government may, by notification, constitute a State Committee known as the “State TS-bPASS Committee”, which shall consist of Principal Secretary / Secretary MA&UD as the Chairman and the Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration as the Member- Convener with HODs of the relevant departments as other members for such term as may be specified in the notification.
(2) The State Committee shall be the Competent Authority at the State Level and exercise the following powers and perform the following functions namely:-
(i) to meet at such times and places as the Chairman of the Committee may decide and shall transact business as per the procedure as may be prescribed;
(ii) to review and monitor the processing of applications by the Competent authorities and District Committees and to forward the orders of the competent authority to the applicant;
(iii) to forward specific cases with remarks and relevant documents to the State Government for decision;
(iv) to invite competent authorities or experts, who are not members of the Committee, as special invitees for any meeting as desired by the Chairman of the State Committee;
(v) the Member of the State Committee shall attend the meeting convened under clause (i) personally and in case he is unable to attend the meeting, he may depute a senior level officer with a written authorization to take appropriate decision in the meeting;
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(vi) such other powers and functions as may be prescribed from time to time;
(vii) monitoring and reviewing the Departmental (line departments) performance with respect to clearances / permissions and issue necessary instructions to the District Level TS-bPASS Committee/ULBs line Department to expedite the approvals under TS-bPASS;
(viii) review the functioning of District Level TS-bPASS Committees, District Task Force (DTF), PMU and Chasing Cell and issue necessary instructions as may be required for implementation of TS-bPASS.
5. The State Government may, by notification, appoint a Nodal Agency at the State level for implementation of TS-bPASS and to coordinate with District Collectors, Members of TS-bPASS Committee and to provide necessary logistic support/secretarial support/ administrative clearances for implementation of TS-bPASS in the State.
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