Lawgist85Constitution and functions of River Management Board
(1) The Central Government shall constitute two separate Boards to be called the Godavari River Management Board and Krishna River Management Board (to be known as the Board), within a period of sixty days from the appointed day, for the administration, regulation, maintenance and operation of such projects, as may be notified by the Central Government from time to time.
(2) The headquarters of Godavari River Management Board shall be located in the successor State of Telangana and of the Krishna River Management Board shall be located in the successor State of Andhra Pradesh.
(3) The Godavari River Management Board and Krishna River Management Board shall be autonomous bodies under the administrative control of the Central Government, and shall comply with such directions as may, from time to time, be given to them by the Central Government.
(4) Each Board shall consist of the following Chairperson and Members, namely:––
` (a) a Chairperson not below the rank or level of Secretary or Additional Secretary to the Government of India to be appointed by the Central Government;
(b) two members, to be nominated by each of the successor States, of which one shall be the technical member not below the rank of Chief Engineer and the other administrative member to represent the concerned States;
(c) one expert to be nominated by the Central Government.
(5) Each Board shall have a full-time Member Secretary, not below the rank of Chief Engineer in the Central Water Commission, to be appointed by the Central Government.
(6) The Central Government shall create such number of posts of the rank of Chief Engineer in the Central Water Commission, as it considers necessary.
(7) Each Board shall be assisted in the day to day management of reservoirs by the Central Industrial Security Force constituted under the Central Industrial Security Force Act, 1968 (50 of 1968), on such terms and conditions as the Central Government may specify.
(8) The functions of each Board shall include––
(a) the regulation of supply of water from the projects to the successor States having regard to––
(i) awards granted by the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (33 of 1956);
(ii) any agreement entered into or arrangement made covering the Government of existing State of Andhra Pradesh and any other State or Union territory;
(b) the regulation of supply of power generated to the authority in-charge of the distribution of power having regard to any agreement entered into or arrangement made covering the Government of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh and any other State or Union territory;
(c) the construction of such of the remaining on-going or new works connected with the development of the water resources projects relating to the rivers or their tributaries through the successor States as the Central Government may specify by notification in the Official Gazette;
(d) making an appraisal of any proposal for construction of new projects on Godavari or Krishna rivers and giving technical clearance, after satisfying that such projects do not negatively impact the availability of water as per the awards of the Tribunals constituted under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956 (33 of 1956) for the projects already completed or taken up before the appointed day; and
(e) such other functions as the Central Government may entrust to it on the basis of the principles specified in the Eleventh Schedule.
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- 1 Short title
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Formation of Telangana State
- 4 State of Andhra Pradesh and territorial divisions thereof
- 5 Hyderabad to be common capital for States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh
- 6 Expert Committee for setting up of a capital for Andhra Pradesh
- 7 Governor of existing State of Andhra Pradesh to be common Governor
- 8 Responsibility of Governor to protect residents of common capital of Hyderabad
- 9 Assistance of police forces from Central Government to successor States, etc
- 10 Amendment of First Schedule to Constitution
- 11 Saving powers of State Governments
- 12 Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Constitution
- 13 Allocation of sitting members
- 14 Representation in House of the People
- 15 Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
- 16 Provision as to sitting members
- 17 Provisions as to Legislative Assemblies
- 18 Representation of Anglo-Indian community
- 19 Allocation of sitting members
- 20 Duration of Legislative Assemblies
- 21 Speaker, Deputy Speaker and rules of procedure
- 22 Legislative Council for successor States
- 23 Provisions as to Legislative Councils
- 24 Amendment of Delimitation of Council Constituencies Order
- 25 Chairman, Deputy Chairman and rules of procedure
- 26 Delimitation of constituencies
- 27 Power of Election Commission to maintain Delimitation Orders up-to date
- 28 Amendment of Scheduled Castes Order
- 29 Amendment of Scheduled Tribes Order
- 30 High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad to be common High Court till establishment of High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- 31 High Court of Andhra Pradesh
- 32 Judges of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 33 Jurisdiction of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 34 Special provision relating to Bar Council and advocates
- 35 Practice and procedure in Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 36 Custody of seal of Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 37 Form of writs and other processes
- 38 Powers of Judges
- 39 Procedure as to appeals to Supreme Court
- 40 Transfer of proceedings from Hyderabad High Court to Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 41 Right to appear or to act in proceedings transferred to Andhra Pradesh High Court
- 42 Interpretation
- 43 Savings
- 44 Authorisation of expenditure of Telangana State
- 45 Reports relating to accounts of Andhra Pradesh State
- 46 Distribution of revenue
- 47 Application of Part
- 48 Land and goods
- 49 Treasury and bank balances
- 50 Arrears of taxes
- 51 Right to recover loans and advances
- 52 Investments and credits in certain funds
- 53 Assets and liabilities of State undertakings
- 54 Public Debt
- 55 Floating Debt
- 56 Refund of taxes collected in excess
- 57 Deposits, etc
- 58 Provident Fund
- 59 Pensions
- 60 Contracts
- 61 Liability in respect of actionable wrong
- 62 Liability as guarantor
- 63 Items in suspense
- 64 Residuary provision
- 65 Apportionment of assets or liabilities by agreement
- 66 Power of Central Government to order allocation or adjustment in certain cases
- 67 Certain expenditure to be charged on Consolidated Fund
- 68 Provisions for various companies and corporations
- 69 Continuance of arrangements in regard to generation and supply of electric power and supply of water
- 70 Provisions as to Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation
- 71 Certain provisions for companies
- 72 Temporary provisions as to continuance of certain existing road transport permits
- 73 Special provisions relating to, retrenchment compensation in certain cases
- 74 Special provision as to income-tax
- 75 Continuance of facilities in certain State institutions
- 76 Provisions relating to All-India Services
- 77 Provisions relating to other services
- 78 Other provisions relating to services
- 79 Provisions as to continuance of officers in same post
- 80 Advisory committees
- 81 Power of Central Government to give directions
- 82 Provision for employees of Public Sector Undertakings, etc
- 83 Provisions as to State Public Service Commission
- 84 Apex Council for Godavari and Krishna river water resources and their Management Boards
- 85 Constitution and functions of River Management Board
- 86 Staff of the Management Board
- 87 Jurisdiction of Board
- 88 Power of Board to make regulations
- 89 Allocation of water resources
- 90 Polavaram Irrigation Project to be a national project
- 91 Arrangements on Tungabhadra Board
- 92 Successor States to follow principles, guidelines, etc., issued by Central Government
- 93 Measures for progress and development of successor States
- 94 Fiscal measures including tax incentives
- 95 Equal opportunities for quality higher education to all students
- 96 Amendment of article 168 of the Constitution
- 97 Amendment of article 371D of the Constitution
- 98 Amendment of section 15A of Act 43 of 1951
- 99 Amendment of section 15 of Act 37 of 1956
- 100 Territorial extent of laws
- 101 Power to adapt laws
- 102 Power to construe laws
- 103 Power to name authorities, etc., for exercising statutory functions
- 104 Legal proceedings
- 105 Transfer of pending proceedings
- 106 Right of pleaders to practise in certain cases
- 107 Effect of provisions of the Act inconsistent with other laws
- 108 Power to remove difficulties
