Section 3 — Constitution and Incorporation of the Parishad

3. (1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, constitute for the purposes of this Act, a Parishad to be called The Braj Planning and Development Parishad;
(2) The Parishad shall be a body corporate.
(3) The Parishad shall consist of the following members, namely :-
(a) the Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh who shall be the Chairperson of the Parishad;
[ (b) the Vice-Chairperson. ] 5
(c) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Housing and Urban Planning, ex-officio;
(d) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Finance, ex-officio;
(e) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Tourism and Culture, ex-officio;
(f) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Urban Development, ex-officio;
(g) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Transport, ex-officio;
(h) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Forest, ex-officio;
(i) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Environment, ex-officio;
(j) the Principal Secretary to the State Government in the Department of Public Work, ex-officio;
(k) the Commissioner, Agra Division, Agra, ex-officio;
(l) the District Magistrate Mathura, ex-officio;
(m) the Chief Town and Country planner, Uttar Pradesh, ex-officio;
(n) the Chief Executive Officer of the Parishad who shall be the Member-Secretary;
(o) the Vice-Chairperson, Mathura-Vrindavan Development Authority, Mathura, ex-officio;
[(p) five eminent public figure having knowledge, experience, exposure and track record of efforts for the conservation of heritage of Braj region, to be nominated by the Chairperson in consultation with the Vice-Chairperson, the Principal Secretary/Secretary Culture and the Principal Secretary/Secretary Trousim to the State Government. ]1
(q) donors who make a donation of Rs. 10 crores or more shall be eligible to be considered as a nominated member after the approval of the [Parishad] 2.
(4) The terms and conditions of office of the members nominated under clause (p) and clause (q) of sub-section (3) shall be such as may be prescribed.

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