Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018
No: 58 Dated: Aug, 13 2018
Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018
ACT No. LVIII OF 2018
An Act to re-constitute a public trust registered under the name Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan, at Shingnapur, District Ahmednagar under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act and to provide for better administration of Shree Shanaishwar Temple and control of the State Government on the trust and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
AND WHEREAS the administration of the Public Trust registered under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, with the name "Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan" at Shingnapur, Nevasa, Ahmednagar is vested in the Board of Management under a scheme approved by Assistant Charity Commissioner, Nashik Division, Nashik on the 9th November 1990 and a scheme modified by Assistant Charity Commissioner, Ahmednagar division, Ahmednagar;
AND WHEREAS the power to execute the rules and sub-rules for administration and management of Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan is vested in the Board of Management by the scheme made under Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, and the Assistant Charity Commissioner, Ahmednagar has the power of appointment of Board of Management for the term of five years; AND WHEREAS on expiration of the term of five years of the previous Board of Management of Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan, the Assistant Charity Commissioner, Ahmednagar has, under his order dated the 6th January 2016, re-constituted the Board of Management of the said Trust;
AND WHEREAS complaints have been received by the State Government regarding irregular management of the previous Board of Management of Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan, Ahmednagar and also about the selection process of newly constituted Board of Management of Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan, Ahmednagar by an order dated the 6 th January, 2016.
AND WHEREAS the issues of law and order on account of a certain practice in the matter of taking darshan of deity 'Shani' from Chauthara (platform) was required to be dealt with;
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to enact a separate law to re-constitute the Trust and to provide for the management of Shree Shanaishwar Temple by a committee directly under the Government supervision to enable the Trust to give more facilities for the devotees; and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; it is, hereby enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title and commencement:- . (1) This Act may be called the Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan Trust (Shingnapur) Act, 2018.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "appointed day" means the date specified in the notification issued under subsection (2) of section 1;
(b) "Committee" or "Management Committee" means the Management Committee constituted under section 5;
(c) "Devasthan" means devasthan of Lord Shani at Shingnapur, Ahmednagar;
(d) "Devasthan Trust" means the Public Trust in respect of Shree Shanaishwar Devasthan, Taluka Newasa, District Ahmednagar, as re-constituted under this Act;
(e) "erstwhile trust" means the public Trust registered under the Public Trusts Act, with registration No. A/587, referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3;
(f) "Executive Officer" means the Executive officer of the Committee appointed under section 18;
(g)"Management Fund" means the management fund of the Committee constituted under section 27;
(h)"Member" means a member of the Committee, and includes any office-bearer thereof whether called as, the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer or by any other designation;
(i)"prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the State Government under this Act;
(j)"Public Trusts Act" means the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act or any other law relating to Trusts, for the time being in force;
(k)"Trust" means the DevasthanTrust as constituted under sub-section (1) of section 3;
(l)"Trust Fund" means the Fund of the Devasthan Trust constituted under section 25;
(m)"Regulations" means the regulations made by the Committee under section 47;
(n) "rules" means the rules made under this Act;
(o) "Temple" means the Shanaishwar Temple at village Shinganapur, Taluka Newasa, District Ahmednagar;
(p) "year" means the financial year; and
(q) words and expressions used in this Act, but not defined, shall have the meanings, respectively assigned to them in the Public Trusts Act.