Section 17 — Establishment and constitution of the Council.

17. Establishment and constitution of the Council.- (1) The Government 

may, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Council to be known 

as the “Tourism Development Council” for carrying out the purposes of this 

Act for a specific tourist place, as may be notified by the State Government.  

(2) The Council shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, 

having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold 

and dispose of property and to contract and may, by the said name sue and be 

sued.  

(3) The Council shall consist of the following members, namely:-  

(i) Official Members: 

(a) Deputy Commissioner Chairman. 

(b) Additional Deputy Commissioner and 

in his absence, the concerned Sub- 

Divisional Officer (Civil) 

Vice- 

Chairman.   

(c) Divisional Forest Officer  Member. 

(d)  Executive Engineer (P.W.D.) Member. 

(e) Executive Engineer (I.P.H.) Member. 

(f) Executive Officer or Secretary of the 

Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat 

Member(s). 



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or Gram Panchayat, as the case may 

be.  

(g) Town Planner Member. 

(ii) Non- Official Members:  

(a) Representatives of Hotel Associations Two Members. 

(b) Representative of Travel Agent 

Associations, 

One Member. 

(c) Representatives from other interested 

groups of tourism industry 

Two Members. 

(d) Four non-official members, to be 

nominated by the Government, by 

notification, from amongst the persons, 

who have outstanding contribution or 

expertise in the field of development 

and promotion of tourism industry and 

having experience of working in the 

tourism and travel trade for at least 10 

years. 

 

(iii) District Tourism Development Officer  

or Assistant Tourism Development 

Officer to be nominated by the  

Government  

Ex-Officio 

Member-

Secretary.  

(4) The non-official members shall be paid such allowances as may be 

notified by the Government from time to time.