Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute - Memorandum of Association and Rules– Amendments
GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA
ABSTRACT
Water and Land Management Training and Research Institute
(WALAMTARI) –
Memorandum of Association and Rules – Amendments –
Issued.
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IRRIGATION & CAD (SERVICES. I) DEPARTMENT
G.O.MS.No. 160 Dated: 15-12-2015
Read the following:
1. G O Ms. No. 43, Irrigation & CAD Department, dated
03-05-1982.
2. G. O. Ms. No. 75, Irrigation Utilization & Command
Area Development (II)
Department, dated 27-11-1982.
3. G. O. Ms. No. 203, Irrigation & CAD (CAD–IV)
Dept., dated 23-06-1992
4. From the Director General, WALAMTARI, Hyderabad Letter
No.
8369/Team-8/HRM/2014/077, dated 15-05-2015.
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ORDER:
In the G. O’s first and second read above, Government sanctioned
establishment of Water and Land Management Training and
Research Institute
(WALAMTARI) at Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, in view of the
need to converse
and optimize the utilization of water resources and to
bridge the gap between
creation and utilization of irrigation potential under
irrigation projects.
2. WALAMTARI was made autonomous and was registered as a
society
under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) Public
Societies Registration Act,
1350 F (Act No. 1 of 1350 F) vide G. O. 3rd read above with Registration
No. 3591/92.
3. In the G. O. 3rd read above, rules
issued regarding the composition of
first member of the Society, Governing Council, Executive
Committee and their
powers and functions of Governing Council, Executive
Committee, Chairman,
Director General and Administrative Officer.
4. As per Section 75 (1) of the A. P. Reorganisation Act,
2014, the
Government of the State of Andhra Pradesh or the State of
Telangana, as the
case may be, shall, in respect of the institutions
specified in the Tenth
Schedule to this Act, located in the State, continue to
provide facilities to the
people of the other State which shall not, in any
respect, be less favourable to
such people than what were being provided to them before
the appointed day,
for such period and upon such terms and conditions as may
be agreed upon
between the two State Governments, within a period of one
year from the
appointed day or, if no agreement is reached within the
said period, as may be
fixed by order of the Central Government.
5. In the G. O. 2nd read above, the
Constitution of first members of Society,
Governing Council, General Body & Executive Committee
is made with the
Hon’ble Chief Minister, Hon’ble Minister for Minor
Irrigation, Secretaries and
Officials of erstwhile Government of Andhra Pradesh.
6. As per Section – 101 of the A. P. Reorganisation Act,
2014, for the
purpose of facilitating the application in relation to
the State of Andhra
Pradesh or the State of Telangana of any law made before
the appointed day,
the appropriate Government may, before the expiration of
two years from that
day, by order, make such adaptations and modifications of
the law, whether by
way of repeal or amendment, as may be necessary or
expedient, and thereupon
every such law shall have effect subject to the
adaptations and modifications so
made until altered, repealed or amended by a competent
Legislature or other
competent authority.
7. In view of the above provisions, as the Institute
belongs to Government of
Telangana, the orders issued in G. O. Ms. No. 203, Dated
23-06-1992 has to be
modified suitably and constituting the first Members of
the Society, Governing
Council, Executive Committee with Hon’ble Chief Minister,
Hon’ble Minister for
Irrigation, Secretaries and officials from Telangana
State.
8. Accordingly proposals were submitted by the Director
General,
WALAMTARI for issuing necessary orders vide reference
fourth read above. The
composition of the first Members of the society are as
follows:
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Sl.No. Designation of their locus
standi in the society: Occupation:
1. Chairman Hon’ble
Chief Minister, Government of
Telangana, Hyderabad.
2. Vice-Chairman Hon’ble
Minister for Irrigation & CAD
Department, Govt. of
Telangana, Hyderabad.
3. Member Secretary
to Government (CAD), Irrigation &
CAD Dept., Govt. of Telangana, Hyderabad.
4. Member Secretary
to Government, Finance
Department, Govt. of Telangana, Hyderabad.
5. Member Engineer-in-Chief
(AW), Irrigation & CAD
Department, Govt. of Telangana, Hyderabad.
6. Member
Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation), Irrigation & CAD
Department, Govt. of Telangana, Hyderabad.
7. Member-Secretary Director
General, WALAMTARI, Himayatsagar,
Hyderabad.
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9. Government after careful examination of the matter
hereby approve the
Memorandum of Association and Rules and direct the Director
General, Water
and Land Management Training and Research Institute
(WALAMTARI) to
register modified Memorandum of Associates under
Societies Registration Act.
10. This orders issues with the concurrence of Finance
(WP) Department vide
their U. O. No. 11414/200/A1/WP/15, dated 21-09-2015.
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA)
DR. SHAILENDRA KUMAR JOSHI
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
ANNEXURE – I
MEMORANDUM OF
ASSOCIATION
WATER AND LAND
MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
(WALAMTARI),
HIMAYATHSAGAR, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA.
(Registered as a society under the Andhra
Pradesh (Telangana area)
public societies registration Act,
1350 (Act No. 1 of 1350 F)
(Regd. No. 3591/92)
1. The name of the society shall be “Water and Land
Management Training
and Research Institute”(herein after referred to as
WALAMTARI).
2. The registered office of the WALAMTARI shall be
situated at
Himayatsagar, Hyderabad – 500030 in the State of
Telangana.
3. The main objectives for which the Institute is
established are:
(a) to train
different level Government functionaries of the department
of Irrigation and
Command Area Development and the department of
Agriculture and
other allied departments and agencies of the State
Government dealing
with aspects relating to Water and Land
management in
Planning, designing, construction, operation and
maintenance of
irrigation and drainage networks, etc., with due
emphasis on micro –
level functioning and “On Farm” irrigation practices
to ensure optimum
utilization of water and land Resources;
(b) to ensure full
understanding of the principles of efficient
operational plans
and improved irrigation practices at all levels of
scheme management
and among the farmers;
(c) to provide a
better understanding among the water users of the
optimal utilization
of water and land resources and to inculcate a sense
of belonging;
(d) to function as
an Apex body on all matters relating to water and
land management and
render advice to the State Government and the
departments of the
State Government, dealing with these matters,
pertaining to
policies of water and land management with a view to
improve the
performance; and deal with any other issues entrusted by
the Government to
the Institute;
(e) to provide
consultancy services to the Government, local bodies
associations and
individuals in the areas of water and land management;
(f) to undertake
intensive and need based research on water and land
management with the
collaboration of other institutions, associations
and societies
interested in similar objects;
(g) to establish and
maintain project training centers and create such
facilities as may be
necessary for field training of officials and nonofficials,
farmers, and conduct
Research on field oriented problems in
Irrigation Water and
Land Management as considered desirable for the
promotion of the
objectives of the Society;
(h) to depute within
the country and abroad the staff of the Institute
for specialized
training in water and land management and allied areas;
(i) to start,
conduct, print, publish and exhibit magazines,
periodicals,
newspapers, books pamphlets or posters that may be
considered desirable
for the promotion of the objects of the society;
(j) to invest and
deal with the funds of the society;
(k) to make rules
and byelaws for the conduct of the affairs of the
society and the
Institute and from time to time add to, amend, vary and
rescind them.
4. With a view to facilitating the society’s activities
and for achieving its
objects the society may:
(a) acquire by gift,
purchase, exchange, lease, hire or otherwise
howsoever any land,
buildings easements, rights-in-common and any
other property both
movable or immovable, including machinery,
equipment or estate,
or interest, for the furtherance of all or any of the
objects of the
society;
(b) borrow and raise
moneys without or on the security by way of
mortgage, charge and
hypothecation or pledge of all or any of the
immovable or movable
properties belonging to the society or in any other
manner whatsoever
with the prior permission in writing of the
Government of
Telangana;
(c) sell, mortgage,
charge, lease, exchange and /or otherwise transfer
of dispose of all or
any property immovable or movable of the society
provided that when
the value of the immovable property exceeds one
lakh of rupees with
prior permission in writing of the Government of
Telangana;
(d) solicit, obtain
and accept from any person, firm, company
corporation,
Institution, local body or authority of State or Central
Government or any
other organizations/agencies national or
international,
subscriptions, donations, grants, gifts, bequests of money
and all kinds of property
movable and immovable either unconditionally
or any special terms
and conditions or on trusts not being inconsistent
with the objects of
the society as the society may think fit;
(e) invest and deal
with the money of the society, in such manner as
may from time to
time be determined by society;
(f) construct,
maintain, repair, extend, alter, improve or develop any
buildings or works
necessary or convenient for the purposes of the
society.
5. In carrying out its objects the society may:
(a) pay out of the
funds belonging to the society, or out of any
particular part of
such funds, all expenses that are incidental to the
formation of the
society, and for achieving its aims and objectives,
including management
and administration of the society and the said
Institute, including
all rents, rates, taxes, outgoings and the salaries of
the employees of the
society and the Institute;
(b) draw, make,
accept, endorse and negotiate cheques, hundies,
promissory notes or
other negotiable instruments;
(c) for the purpose
aforesaid or any of them, to sign, execute and
deliver such
assurances and deeds as may be necessary;
(d) construct and
maintain buildings, works, and conveniences of all
kinds suitable for
any of the purposes of the society;
(e) subscribe, or
‘otherwise assist or guarantee moneys to charitable,
benevolent,
scientific, national, public or any other institutions,
objects or purposes;
(f) purchase or
acquire from any Government or such authorities,
any licenses,
concessions, grants, decrees, rights, powers and privileges,
whatsoever, which
may seem to the society capable of being turned to
account and take
action to work develop, carry out, exercise, and turn to
account the same;
(g) apply for,
purchase, or otherwise acquire any patents, brevets de
inventions,
licenses, concessions and the like conferring exclusive or
non-exclusive or
limited right to use any secret of other information as to
any inventions which
may seem capable of being used for any of the
purposes of the
society or the acquisition of which may directly or
indirectly benefit
the society and to use, exercise or develop or grant
licenses in respect
of, or otherwise, turn to account, the property, right
or information so
acquired;
(h) make donations
to such persons or institutions whether of cash or
any other assets, as
may be, that are directly or indirectly conducive to
any of the society’s
objects, or otherwise expedient and in particular, to
remunerate any
persons or corporations introducing or assisting the
society;
(i) establish and
support or aid the establishment of, and support
associations,
institutions, societies, funds, trusts and conveniences for
the benefit of the
employees or ex-employees or persons having
connections of such
persons and in particular friendly or other benefit of
societies and to
grant pensions, allowances, gratuities, either by way of
annual payments, or
by way of lumpsum and to make payments towards
insurance and to
form and contribute to provident and benefit funds to
or for such persons;
(j) generally to do
and execute all such other acts, matters and things
as are incidental or
conducive to or necessary for the attainment of the
above objects or any
of them;
(k) to do such other
things as are necessary for the conduct of the
affairs of the society
on furtherance of its objectives and in accordance
with rules made
therefore;
6. The income and property of the institute howsoever
shall be used
towards the promotion of the objects as set forth in this
Memorandum of
Association subject to such conditions and limitations as
the Government may,
from time to time, impose. No part of the income or
property of the Institute
shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by
way of dividend or bonus or
otherwise howsoever, by way of profit to the persons who,
at any time, have
been the members of the Institute or to any of them or to
any persons claiming
through them, provided that nothing herein contained
shall prevent the
payment in good faith or remuneration to members thereof
or other persons in
return for any service rendered to the Institute.
7. No member of the Institute shall have personal claim
on any movable or
immovable property of the Institute or make any profit
whatsoever by virtue of
its membership.
8. After winding up or dissolution of the Institute there
shall remain, after
the satisfaction of the debits and liabilities and
property whatsoever the same
shall not be paid or distributed among the members of the
institute or any of
them but shall be dealt with in the manner as provided in
the Andhra Pradesh
(Telangana Area) Public Societies Registration Act, 1350
F).
9. No benefaction shall be accepted by the Institute
which in its opinion
involves conditions or obligations opposed to the spirit
and objectives of the
Institute.
10. The State Government may appoint one or more persons
to review the
work and progress of the Institute and to hold enquiries
into the affairs hereof
and to report thereon in such manner as the Government
may stipulate. Upon
receipt of any such report the State Government, as it
may consider necessary
in respect of any of the matters dealt with in the report
and the Institute shall
be bound to comply with such directions.
11. The names, occupation and addresses of the first
members of the Water
and Land Managements Training and Research Institute, to
whom by the rules
of the Society the management of its affairs is
entrusted, are as follows (as
required under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area)
Societies Registration Act,
1350 F (Act No.1 of 1350 F):
1) Hon’ble Chief Minister, Government of Telangana,
Hyderabad Chairman
2) Hon’ble Minister for Irrigation & CAD Department,
Government of Telangana, Hyderabad Vice- Chairman
3) Principal Secretary to Government, Irrigation &
CAD
(CAD) Department, Government of Telangana, Hyderabad Member
4) Principal Secretary to Government, Finance Department,
Government of Telangana, Hyderabad Member
5) Engineer-in-Chief (AW), Irrigation & CAD
Department,
Government of Telangana, Hyderabad Member
6) Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation), Irrigation & CAD
Department, Government of Telangana,
Hyderabad Member
7) Director General, WALAMTARI, Himayatsagar, Hyderabad Member/ Secretary
We respectively hold ourselves
responsible to run the affairs of the
society according to the rules annexed herewith.
DR. SHAILENDRA KUMAR JOSHI
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
ANNEXURE
– II
MODIFIED RULES OF THE WATER AND LAND
MANAGEMENT TRAINING AND
RESEARCH INSTITUTE (WALAMTARI),
HYDERABAD, TELANGANA
1. These rules may be called the “Telangana Water and
Land Management
Training and Research Institute Rules, 2015”, herein
after referred to as
WALAMTARI.
DEFINITIONS:
2. In these rules, unless there in anything repugnant in
the subject or
context, otherwise indicated:-
i) “Institute” means
Water and Land Management Training and
Research Institute.
ii) “Government”
means Government of Telangana.
iii) “The Governing
Council” means the Governing Council of the
Institute.
iv) “The Executive
Committee” means the Executive Committee of the
Institute.
v) “The President”
means the President of the Governing Council of
the Institute.
vi) “The Vice
President” means the Vice President of the Governing
Council of the
Institute.
vii) “The Chairman,
means the Chairman of the Executive Committee
of the Institute.
viii) “The
Co-Chairman” means the Co-Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the
Institute.
ix) “Rules” means
any of the Rules and Regulations of the Institute.
x) “Year” means the
period from the 1st April to 31st March.
xi) “The Bye-laws”
means the Bye-laws framed under the Rules of the
Institute.
xii) Unless where
the context otherwise indicates:
a) Words importing
the singular number shall also include the
plural number and
vice versa; and
b) Words importing
the masculine gender also including the
feminine gender.
MEMBERSHIP:
First members:
3. Signatories to the Memorandum of Association of the
Society shall be the
First Members of the Society.
Terms of Membership:
4. Out of the first members of the Society, every member
of the society shall
continue to be member of the society so long as he holds
office and shall cease
to be a member of the society as soon as he ceases to
hold such office.
General Body:
5. a) All
the members of the Governing Council and the First Members
of the Society are
the members of the General Body.
b) There shall be
annual General Body meeting of the society to be
held at such time,
date and place as may be determined by the chairman
of the Society in
the month of April to review the general functioning of
the Society.
c) The quorum for
General Body meeting shall be half of its members.
d) The Chairman may
at any time convene a Special meeting of the
Society whenever he
thinks fit.
Composition of the Governing
Council:
6.
a) The Governing Council consist of the
following members, viz.,
i The Hon’ble Chief
Minister of the State of Telangana President
ii The Hon’ble
Minister for Irrigation & Command
Area Development of the State of Telangana.Hyderabad Vice-President
iii The Secretary to
Government Irrigation and
Command Area Development Department Govt., of
Telangana, Hyderabad Member
iv The APC &
Secretary to Government, Agriculture
Department, Govt., of Telangana, Hyderabad Member
v The Secretary to
Government Finance
Department, Govt., of Telangana, Hyderabad Member
vi The Commissioner
Command Area Development,
Government of Telangana Member
vii The Engineer-in
– Chief, (Admin.) Irrigation and
Command Area Development Department
Govt., of Telangana, Member
viii Member of
Central Water Commission, Incharge of
State Training Institutes, Govt., of India. Member
ix Any one of the
Ex-director Generals, of the Institute
as Expert. Member
x The Chief
Engineer, IRMIO, Central Water
Commission, Govt. of India. Member
xi One of the
Directors of the National Institutes
located in Hyderabad and working in the area of
Water Management / Agriculture. Member
xii Two of the
Directors of WALAMI/IMTI from
neighbouring states. Member
xiii The
Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation), Irrigation & CAD
Department, Govt., of Telangana Member
xiv The Chief
Engineer, Minor Irrigation, (Godavari
Basin) Govt., of Telangana Member
xv Four Chief
Engineers from the Major Irrigation
Projects in Telangana Member
xvi The Director of
Research, Prof. Jayashankar
Telangana state Agricultural University. Member
xvii The Director
General, WALAMTARI, Himayatsagar,
Hyderabad. Member/Secretary
xviii Such members
of the Society as may be determined
by the State Government from time to time. ----
b) The Government may increase the number of the members
of the
Governing Council as deemed necessary
from time to time.
7. (a) The details of the members of the Governing
Council are as follows:
Sl.No. Occupation & Address Designation
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1 Hon’ble Chief Minister , Government of Telangana President
2 Hon’ble Minister for Irrigation & CAD., Govt. of
Telangana
Hyderabad Vice-President
3 The Secretary to Government Irrigation and Command
Area Development Department, Govt., of
Telangana,
Hyderabad Member
4 APC & Secretary to Govt., Agriculture Dept., Govt.,
of
Telangana, Hyderabad Member
5 Secretary to Finance Department, Govt., of Telangana,
Hyderabad Member
6 Commissioner, CAD, Govt., of Telangana, Hyderabad Member
7 Engineer-in – Chief, (Admin.) I&CAD Department,
Govt.,
of Telangana , Errum Manzil, Hyderabad Member
8 Member of Central Water Commission, Incharge of State
Training Institutes, Govt., of India, New
Delhi Member
9 Expert members- Ex – Director General, WALAMTARI,
(Dr. K. Tirupataiah,) H. No.: 3-3-111/8,
Siri Enclave,
Hyderguda, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-48. Member
10 Chief Engineer, IRMIO, C.W.C, Govt. of India, New
Delhi Member
11 Director, NAARM, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad Member
12 Director, IMTI, Trichy, Tamilnadu Member
13 Director, WALMI, Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Member
14 Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation), Govt., of Telangana,
Hyderabad. Member
15 Chief Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Godavari Basin,
Hyderabad, Telangana. Member
16 Chief Engineer, Sri Ram Sagar Project, Hyderabad. Member
17 Chief Engineer, Nagarjuna Sagar Project, Hyderabad. Member
18 Chief Engineer (Projects), Mahaboobnagar, Hyderabad. Member
19 Chief Engineer, Godavari Lift Irrigation Scheme,
Hyderabad. Member
20 The Director of Research, Prof. Jayashankar Telangana
State Agricultural University,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. Member
21 Director General, WALAMTARI,
Himayatsagar, Hyderabad. Member/Secretary
b) The Institute shall have the status of Grade-I
Institutes established
under the State Government.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
MEMBERSHIP OF GOVERNING COUNCIL:
8. (a) Out
of the first members of the Society, every member of the
Society shall continue to be a member of
the Governing Council only so
long as he holds office and shall cease
to be a member of the Governing
Council as soon as he ceases to hold such
office.
(b) The Government may, at any time and
from time to time, appoint
new members in place of the persons so
ceasing to be members of the
Society or appoint additional members
subject to like conditions as to
the terms of membership and in case of
such new or additional members
the provisions of Rules 8(a) above shall
take effect as if such new or
additional members were the signatories
to the Memorandum of
Association and the respective offices
held by them were the offices
specified against their names.
(c) Where any person
is the member of the Governing Council by
reason of holding
office, his membership of the Governing Council shall
terminate when he
ceases to hold that office or appointment and in his
vacancy his
successor in office shall automatically be a member of the
Council;
9. The institute shall keep a roll of members along with
their addresses and
occupations and every member shall sign the same on each
occasion of the
meetings of the Governing Council.
10. In the event of any change in addresses of any
member, it will be notified
by the member to the Director General, WALAMTARI failing
which the recorded
address shall be deemed to be his address.
11. Whereas particular members of the Governing Council
is listed by
reason of office or appointment, his membership of the
Governing Council shall
terminate automatically if and when the ceases to hold
that office of
appointment.
12. Members of the Governing Council shall cease to be
members on
conviction of a criminal offence involving moral turpitude
or in the event of
non-attendance of 3 consecutive meetings of the Governing
Council.
13. Resignation from membership of the Governing Council
shall be tendered
to the Member Secretary of the Governing Council and
shall not take effect
unless it has been accepted on behalf of the Institute by
the President.
14. Casual vacancies in the Governing Council other than
that of Ex-Officio
members shall be filled by nomination by the President of
the Governing
Council.
Explanation: Casual
vacancy means a vacancy caused by resignation or
death of a member.
OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNING
COUNCIL:
15. The Governing Council shall have the following
officers:
a) President
b) Vice- President
c) Member Secretary
President
a) The president of the Governing Council shall be the
Chief Minister
of Telangana.
Vice- President
b) The Vice President of the Governing Council shall be
the Minister
for Irrigation & CAD, Govt., of Telangana.
Member Secretary
c) The Member- Secretary to the Governing Council shall
be the
Director General of the Institute.
POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE
GOVERNING COUNCIL
16. The Governing Council shall have the following powers
and functions:
(i) to give overall
policy guidance for the efficient functioning of the
Institute;
(ii) to review the
working of the Institute with reference to the Annual
Plan of Action and
the expectations of the State Government;
(iii) to consider
the Annual Report of the Institute approved by the
Executive Committee;
(iv) to adopt the budget Estimates as approved by the
Executive
Committee and to forward them to the State Government for
sanction.
17. The president shall provide general guidance and
shall have the
authority to periodically cause the work and progress of
the Institute to be
reviewed in order to ensure that the activities of the
Society are carried out in
accordance with the provisions of the Memorandum of
Association, By-laws,
Rules and Regulations of the Institute. The Review thus
undertaken shall be
sent to the Executive Committee for appropriate action.
18. All meetings of Governing Council shall be presided
over by the President
and in his absence by the Vice-President. If the
President / Vice-President is
not present at the meeting of the Society, any member of
the Society, appointed
for the purpose by the president in writing, shall be the
President of the
meeting. If there is no authorization by the president in
favour of any member
of the society a member chosen by the members present at
the meeting shall
be the President of the meeting.
Note: The President may invite any person other than a
member to attend a
meeting of the Governing Council; such invitee shall not,
however, be
entitled to vote at the meeting.
19. Seven members of the Governing Council present in
person shall
constitute the quorum at any meeting of the Governing
Council.
20. Not less than 10 days clear notice of every meeting
of the Governing
Council shall be given to each member of the Governing
Council.
21. Every notice calling a meeting of the Governing
Council shall state the
date, time and place at which such meeting will be held
and shall, except as
otherwise provided in these Rules and Regulations, be
under the signature of
the Member-Secretary.
22. The Governing Council shall hold atleast one meeting
in a year at such
place and time as the President may decide.
23. Each member of the Governing Council including the
President shall
have one vote and if there is equality of votes on any
question to be decided by
the Governing Council, the President shall, in addition,
have a casting vote.
24. Any business, which it may be necessary for the
Governing Council to
perform, may be carried out by so circulating and
approval by the majority of
the members signing shall be as effective and binding as
if such resolution had
been passed at a meeting of the Governing Council,
provided that atleast half of
the members of the Governing Council have recorded their
approval of the
resolution.
OFFICERS AND AUTHORITIES OF THE
INSTITUTE:
25. The Officers of the Institute shall be the President,
the Director General
and such other persons as may be designated as such by
the Governing
Council.
26. (a) The WALAMTARI shall have a full-time Director
General. The
Director General of the Institute shall
be an Officer from Irrigation & CAD
Department of the rank of Engineer-in-
Chief.
(b) The Director General shall be Member
Secretary of the Governing
Council.
27. (a) In addition to Governing Council there shall be
an Executive
Committee for the Institute.
(b) The Executive Committee may appoint
any other Committee for
any purpose as it may deem necessary from
time to time.
28. The affairs of the Institute shall be administered by
the Executive
Committee subject to these rules and overall supervision
of the Governing
Council.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
29. The following members shall comprise the Executive
Committee:
(1) Secretary to Government, I & CAD (CAD) Department
Govt. of Telangana., Hyderabad Chairman
(2) Director General, WALAMTARI, Himayatsagar,
Hyderabad Co-Chairman
(3) Commissioner of Agriculture, Government of
Telangana,Hyderabad Member
(4) Commissioner, Command Area Development,
Government of
Telangana, Hyderabad Member
(5) Engineer-in-Chief (Admn.), Irrigation & CAD
Department,
Government of Telangana, Hyderabad. Member
(6) Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation), Government of
Telangana,
Hyderabad Member
(7) Chief Engineer, Nagarjuna Sagar Project Member
(8) Chief Engineer, Sri Ram Sagar Project, Hyderabad Member
(9) Chief Engineer, Central Designs Organization,
Irrigation
Department, Government of Telangana, Hyderabad Member
(10) Director, Engineering Faculty, WALAMTARI,
Himayatsagar, Hyderabad Member
(11) Director Agriculture Faculty, WALAMTARI,
Himayatsagar, Hyderabad Member
(12) Administrative Officer, WALAMTARI, Himayatsagar,
Hyderabad Member-Convener
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
30. (a) The Executive Committee shall be responsible for
the pursuit of
the objectives of the Institute in letter and spirit by
ensuring the
functions and activities of the Institute are carried out
efficiently.
(b) The Executive Committee shall exercise control and
manage all the
affairs, funds and resources of the Institute and shall
have authority to
exercise all the powers of the Institute;
(c) The Executive Committee shall approve the Annual
Budget of the
Institute and recommend it to the Governing Council for
adoption and for
forwarding it to the Government for sanction;
(d) With the prior approval of the State Government, the
Executive
Committee shall have powers to frame and amend Bye-laws,
Rules and
Regulations of the Institute for the administration and
management of
the affairs of the Institute;
(e) Within the Rules and Regulations, the Executive
Committee shall
have powers excepting those that are within the purview
of the powers of
the Director General as herein after defined, to sanction
posts and
appoint all categories of officers and regulate the terms
and conditions of
their services.
(f) The Executive Committee shall have the power to enter
into
arrangement with the State and Central Governments and
other Public
or Private Organizations or individuals for furtherance
of the objectives of
the Institute, for implementation of the programmes and
for securing and
accepting endowments, both movable and immovable,
grants-in-aid,
donations or gifts, provided that it shall not be
inconsistent or in conflict
with the objectives and rules of the Institute or of the
policies of the State
Government.
(g) The Executive Committee may, by resolution, appoint,
any
Advisory Board or other Special Committees for such
purposes and with
such powers as it may deem fit and it may also dissolve
any or all such
committees set up by it;
(h) The Executive
Committee may delegate to the Director General of
the Institute, such administrative and financial powers
not vested in him
by virtue of his post as herein after defined, and impose
such duties as
deemed proper and also prescribe limitations within which
these powers
and duties are to be exercised or discharged.
POWERS OF THE CHAIRMAN /
CO-CHAIRMAN:
31. (a) Every meeting of the Executive Committee shall be
presided over
by its Chairman and in his absence by the Co-Chairman or
in their
absence by a member chosen by the members present at the
meeting;
(b) The Chairman of the Executive Council may himself
call or by a
requisition in writing signed by him, may require the
Director General to
call a meeting of the Executive Council at any time;
(c) The Chairman shall have one vote and in case there
shall be an
equality of votes on any question to be decided by
Executive Committee,
it’s Chairman or in his absence the person presiding over
the meeting
shall in addition have a casting vote;
(d) The Chairman of the Executive Committee may invite
any person,
other than a member to attend a meeting of the Executive
Committee.
Such invitee shall not, however, be entitled to vote at
the meeting;
(e) Any business which it may be necessary for the
Executive
Committee to perform may be carried out by circulation
among all its
members and any resolution so circulated and approved by
a majority of
the members signing shall be as effectual and binding as
if the resolution
had been passed at a meeting of the Executive committee,
provided that
atleast six members have recorded their views on the
resolution.
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF DIRECTOR
GENERAL:
32. (a) The Director General shall be a whole time
employee of the
Institute and shall be the Principal Officer of the
Institute. He shall be
responsible for the proper administration of the affairs
of the Institute
under the direction and guidance of the President and the
Executive
Committee.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Director General to
coordinate the
functions of the various units and the activities of the
Institute.
(c) The Director General shall be the Chairman of the
Sub-Committee
constituted by the Executive Committee for any special
purpose as
deemed necessary.
(d) The Director General shall have the powers as that of
Engineer-in-
Chief of Irrigation & CAD Department/Head of the
Department in the
Government/Head of the category I institute established
by Government.
(e) The Director General shall be responsible for the
proper
maintenance of the accounts of the Institute and their
audit.
(f) The Director General may delegate any of his powers
and functions
to any other persons working on a whole-time basis in the
Institute or
authority appointed or established under the rules;
(g) The Director General shall deal with all legal
issues, suits and
other proceedings on behalf of the Institute and shall
have powers to
compromise and settle as deemed necessary duly following
the
Government procedures and to engage a legal counsel as
and when
required.
(h) The Director General shall perform any other duties
assigned to
him from time to time by the Executive Committee.
DUTIES OF MEMBER-CONVENOR:
33. (a) The Administrative Officer as Member-Convener of
the Executive
Committee shall prepare the Agenda in consultation with
the Chairman /
Co-Chairman. He shall issue notices of meetings to the
members of the
Executive Committee; shall maintain the proceedings of
the Executive
Committee; shall prepare the minutes of the Executive
Committee
meeting and circulate them to the Chairman/Co-Chairman
and members
of the Executive committee for confirmation;
(b) He shall perform and carry out all such works
delegated/assigned
to him from time to time by the Director General.
POWERS TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE INSTITUTE:
34. Whenever it appears to the Chairman and any other
members of the
Executive Committee that it is advisable to modify the
Institute’s Rules and
Regulations, the Chairman, or the Member of the Executive
Committee as the
case may be, shall submit the proposition to the Executive
Committee of the
Institute in a written report and the Director General
shall cause to convene a
special meeting as per Rules and Regulations of the
Institute to consider such
amendments.
35. No amendments shall be carried into effect unless
such report shall have
been delivered or sent by post to other members of the
Executive Committee
14 clear days prior to the special meeting convened by
the Chairman for the
consideration thereof; nor unless such proposition shall
have been agreed to by
the votes of two third of the members present at a second
special meeting
convened by the Chairman at an interval of atleast one
month after the former
meeting. No amendment as approved by the Executive
Committee, however,
shall become effective unless such amendment has been
approved by the
Government.
ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT:
36. The Financial year of the Institute shall be the same
as that of the State
Government.
37. The Institute shall maintain proper accounts and
other relevant records
and prepare an annual statement of Accounts, including
the balance sheet, in
such form as may be prescribed by the State Government.
38. The accounts of the institute shall be audited
annually in the manner as
the Executive Committee may direct and any expenditure
incurred in
connection with the audit of the accounts of the society
shall be payable by the
Institute.
39. The accounts of the Institute as certified by the
auditors together with
the audit report thereon shall be forwarded annually to
the State Government.
ANNUAL LIST OF GOVERNING COUNCIL
AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
40. Once in every year the list of office bearers and
members of the institute
as required under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area)
Public Societies
Registration Act, 1350 F (Act No.1 of 1350 F) shall be furnished
to the State of
Telangana.
DISSOLUTION AND ADJUSTMENT OF
AFFAIRS:
41. If the Society needs to be dissolved, it shall be
dissolved as per provisions
laid down under the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area)
Public Societies
Registration Act, 1350 F (Act No. 1 of 1350 F) as
applicable to the State of
Telangana.
WINDING UP:
42. In case the society has to be wound up, the movable
and immovable
property and funds of the society shall be transferred or
paid to some other
Institution with similar aims and objects or to the State
Government itself with
approval of Government of Telangana.
APPLICABILITY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
(TELANGANA AREA) PUBLIC
SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT, 1350
F:
43. All the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana
area) Public
Societies Registration Act, 1350 F (Act No.1 of 1350 F)
shall be applicable to
this institute.
DR. SHAILENDRA KUMAR JOSHI
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT
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