Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Act, 2015

No: 16 Dated: Mar, 01 2014

THE KERALA DEVASWOM RECRUITMENT BOARD ACT, 2015 

ACT 16 Of  2015

    An act to provide for the constitution of an autonomous Devaswom Recruitment Board for preparing select list of candidates for the appointment in various posts other than hereditary posts and the posts in aided educational institutions in Devaswom Boards of the State of Kerala and for matters Connected therewith or incidental thereto

    Preamble:- WHEREAS, it is expedient to provide for the constitution of an autonomous Devaswom Recruitment Board for preparing select list of candidates for the appointments in various posts other than hereditary posts and the posts in aided educational institutions in Devaswom Boards of the State of Kerala and for matters Connected therewith or incidental thereto;

Be, it enacted in the Six-sixth year of the Republic of India as follows:- 

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board Act 2015.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of March, 2014

2. Deflnitions:- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires:- 

(a) "Board" means the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board constituted under Section 3;

(b) "Devaswom Board" means the Travancore Devaswom Board or Cochin Devaswom Board or Malabar Devaswom Board or Guruvayoor Devaswom Managing Committee or Koodalmanickam Devaswom Managing Committee;

(c) "Government" means the Government of Kerala;

(d) "Hindu Scheduled Tribe" means a person belonging to the Scheduled Tribe-Hindu Community•

(e) "hereditary posts" means such posts as may be prescribed by the rules made under this Act;

(f) "Member" means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules or regulations made under this Act.