MAHARASHTRA NEW TOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITIES (TERM OF OFFICE AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF MEMBERS) RULES, 1976

1. Short title.—These rules may be called the Maharashtra New Town Development Authorities (Terms of Office and Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 1976.

2. Definitions.—(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,—

(a) “Act” means the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (Mah. XXXVII of 1966).

(b) “Development Authority” means a new Town Development Authority constituted under sub-section (2) of section 113.

(c) “section” means a section of the Act.

(2) Words and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.

3. Term of office and conditions of service of members of Development Authority.—(1) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, the members of a Development Authority shall hold office for a period of five years from the date of the notification constituting the Development Authority:

Provided that, the State Government may, on a written request of the Development Authority, by an order extend the term of office of the members of such period or periods not exceeding two years at a time as it deems fit: Provided further that, a member who has been appointed as representing the local authorities in the Region shall not continue as a member of the Development Authority, if he ceases to be a member of the local authority concerned.

(2) A member (other than the Chief Executive Officer and the Town Planning Officer) shall be disqualified for being appointing or continuing as a member of a Development Authority long as he is in the employment of the Development Authority.

(3) A member shall to be a member of a Development Authority if he—

(i) is declared to be of unsound mind by a competent court, or

(ii) is adjudged insolvent; or

(iii) has been convicted by any Court in India of any offence and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years; or

(iv) is absent without the permission of the Development Authority in writing from two consecutive meetings thereof or from all the meetings of the Development-Authority for four consecutive months.

(4) A member, other than the Chief Executive Officer and the Town Planning Officer, who is directly or indirectly concerned or interested in the proposal before the Development Authority, or is professional interested on behalf of a principal or other person in any matter concerning the Development Authority, or is engaged at the time in any proceedings against the Development Authority, shall, at the earliest possible opportunity disclose the nature of his interest to the Development Authority and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Development Authority. The said member shall not be present at any meeting of the Development Authority when such proposal is discussed, unless his presence is required by the other members for the purpose of eliciting information, but no member so required to be present shall vote on any such proposal:         

Provided that, a member shall not be deemed to be concerned or interested as a foresaid by reason only of his being a shareholder of a company concerned in such proposal.