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ZILLA PRAJA PARISHAD, MAHABUBABAD – FUNCTIONS

The powers and functions of the Zilla Parishad are specified in Section 192 of the PR.Act. The Zilla Parishad and its Standing Committees will receive, examine, and accord sanctions wherever they are proposed and recommended within the purview of subjects allotted to them. (These 29 subjects are included in the Eleventh Schedule and also in Schedule I)/

Besides the role of review, monitoring of plan and non plan schemes specified under the schedule I of the Act, the Zilla Parishad will also exercise the following functions:

1. (a)Examine and approve the budgets of Mandal Parishads within district.

• Distribute the funds allotted to the district by the Central or State Government among the Mandal Parishads and Mandals within districts for which Mandal Parishads are not constituted.
• Coordinate and consolidate the plans prepared in respect of the Mandals within the district and prepare plans in respect of the entire district.
• Secure the execution of the plans, projects, schemes or other works either solely relating to the individual Mandals or common to two or more Mandals in the district.
• Supervise generally the activities of the Mandal Parishads in the district.
• Exercise and perform such of the powers and functions in relation to any development programme as the Government may by notification confer on or entrust to it.
• Advise Government on all matters relating the developmental activities and maintenance of services in the district, whether undertaken by local authorities or Government.
• Advise the Government on allocation of work among Gram Panchayats and Mandal Parishads and coordination of work between the said bodies and among the various Gram Panchayats themselves.
• Advise the Government on meetings concerning the implementation of any statutory or executive order specially referred to by the Government to the Zilla Parishads.
• Collect such data as it deems necessary.
• Publish statistics or other information relating to the activities of the local authorities.
• Require any local authority to furnish information regarding its activities.
• Accept trusts relating exclusively to the furtherance of any purpose for which its funds may be applied.
• Borrow money for carrying out the purposes of this Act, with the previous approval of the Government and subjects to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.

2. The Zilla Parishad may, with the approval of the Government, levy contributions from the funds of the Mandal Parishads in the district.
3. The resolutions of the Standing Committees have to brought before the general body which is empowered either to approve, modify, alter or rescind such resolutions.
4. The Zilla Parishad may make Byelaws under the powers vested under sub-section (2) of sec.259 read with sections 266 & 270 after obtaining approval of the Government.
5. The Zilla Parishad will review the performance all developmental activities in its general body meetings.

2. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF ZILLA PARISHAD OFFICERS & EMPLOYEES

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER – FUNCTIONS

(G.O.Ms.No.488, PR&RD dated: 03.12.96)

• The Chief Executive Officer will be appointed by Government and he is liable to be transferred by Government. He will be governed by the respective service rules applicable to him.
• Under the Erstwhile District Boards the President was the Executive Authority. After the formation of Zilla Parishads Government have considered the necessity to post a Senior Level Officer to be its Executive Authority as the volume and nature of work entrusted to the Zilla Parishads was next only to Collectors Office in the district.

Statutory Functions:

The CEO is the Chief Executive authority of the Zilla Parishad and holds executive power for the purposes of carrying out of the provisions of the Act viz.,

• Exercise all the powers and perform all the functions especially conferred or imposed upon him by under this Act, or under any other law for the time being in force.
• Lay down the duties of all officers and servants of or holding office under Zilla Parishad in accordance with the rules made by the Government.
• The Chief Executive Officer shall be entitled to attend all the meetings of the Zilla Parishad or its Standing Committees including any meeting of the Mandal Parishad and take part in its discussions thereat but shall not be entitled to vote or move any resolution.
• Call for any information, return, statement of account or report from any officer or servant of or holding office under the Zilla Parishad or a Mandal Parishad or the Institutions, there under in matters of executive administration and those relating to accounts and records of the Zilla Parishad or the institutions there under.
• Shall have the custody of all papers and documents connected with the proceedings of the Zilla Parishad and of its standing committees.
• Shall be responsible for implementation of the resolutions of the Zilla Parishad and of the Standing Committees thereof.
• Shall supervise and conduct the execution of all activities of the Zilla Parishad.
• Shall take necessary measures for the speedy execution of all works and development schemes of the Zilla Parishad.
• Shall have the power to enter upon and inspect any work, scheme or institution under the management of the Zilla Parishad.
• Shall have the power to enter upon and inspect any work, scheme or institution under the management of a Mandal Parishad of the Zilla Parishad or its Standing Committee so direct.
• Shall be the competent authority to enter into agreements and to sign and execute them in the name and on behalf of the Zilla Parishad from time to time.
• Implement such specific directions issued by the Zilla Parishad as it may think fit regarding the performance by him of any of the functions assigned to him under the Act.
• Shall immediately execute the orders passed by the government in exercise of powers conferred by the Act and rules made there under or any other law for the time being in force and forthwith send a compliance report to the Government and place a copy thereof before Chairman and Vice Chairman.
• Shall exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be prescribed.
• The Chief Executive Officer shall with the approval of or on the direction of Chairman convene meetings of the Zilla Parishad so that at least one meeting of Zilla Parishad is held once in a month and if the Chief Executive Officer fails in this duty, with the result that no meeting of the Zilla Parishad is held within a period of 90 days from the date of the last meeting he shall be liable for disciplinary action under the relevant rules.

Provided that where the Chairman fails to give his approval for convening the meeting so as to hold a meeting within the period of 90 days the Chief Executive Officer may himself convene the meeting in manner prescribed.

• The Government shall pay out of the consolidated Fund of the State, the salaries, allowances, leave allowances, pension contributions of the Chief Executive Officer appointed under sub-section (1).
• The Government shall have power to make rules to regulate the classification and methods of recruitment, conditions of service, pay and allowances and disciplinary control of the Chief Executive officer appointed under sub-section (1).

The Chief Executive Officer shall have administrative powers and discharge the functions as mentioned hereunder.

(Rules issued under G.O.Ms.No.488, PR&RD, dt. 03.12.96)

Administrative:-

1. Call any information, return, statement of account or report from any officer or servant holding office under the Zilla Parishad or Mandal Parishad including Parishad Education Officer, Accounts Officer and Executive Engineer.
2. Intimate the vacancies whether casual or arising by efflux of time in the office of the various members of Zilla Parishad and any Standing Committee thereof.
3. Supervise and control the execution of all activities of the Zilla Parishad.
4. Have administrative control over all officers working under the Zilla Parishad.
5. Sanction increments and all kinds of leave except special disability leave to the Mandal Development officers.
6. Make additional charge arrangements of the Mandal Parishad Development Officers during training, leave etc., and to sanction additional charge allowance as per rules.
7. Initiate confidential reports every year on the work of the District Officers under the control of the Zilla Parishad including the Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Executive Engineer, Accounts Officer, Mandal Parishad Development Officers and Parishad Education Officer and shall countersign the confidential reports of employees belonging to education, accounts, general and engineering wings which will be initiated by the wing officers concerned and be the custodian of the personal files (of the staff for which he is the appointing authority).

ACT’s:

THE TELANGANA PANCHAYAT RAJ ACT, 2018

List of  Vice-President MPPs of Mahabubabad district  15.06.2019 & 22.06.2019