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Constitution Intention
The provisions of Schedule-1 of this Constitution shall not be subject to change under any circumstances. The provisions of Schedule-2 are recommendatory.

Schedule -1
1. There shall be Executive Committee consisting of five members to begin with. They can co-opt more people into the committee as members. Such co-opted members can be considered for full fledged membership of the committee after at least 5 years 2. The executive committee once it is constituted shall be in office for period of 2 years. 3. The constitution and working of the executive committees shall be as follows: a. Initially there shall be two founding members from the family of late Neelapu Sudhakara Rao, namely i. Smt. Neelapu Saraswathi W/O Late Sudhakara Rao ii. Xyz b. The other three founding member shall be nominated, by the two members mentioned in clause 2a, noted for their commitment to the religious ideals and service mindedness. These are : i. Vadavalli Lakshminarayana S/O Satyanarayana Hindu Male aged 41 Years, advocate 2-46 RTC Colony, 2nd Ward, Vatlur Panchayat, Peddapadu Mandalam, West Godavari ii. iii. c. For subsequent terms of the committee, Members in clause 3(a) may nominate at their discretion members outside the family in their place with same kind of authority and privileges as they were having thus far on a irrevocable basis. d. For subsequent terms of the committee, the other members in the committee outside the scope of clause

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3(c) shall be nominated by majority vote with in the committee. e. The committee at its discretion by a majority vote terminate the membership of any member of the committee for in overall interest of organization. f. The committee shall have a Convener decided by majority vote. The convener shall have the authority to call for and preside over the meetings of the committee. In case of a tie in majority vote at any time, the Convener can exercise a casting vote which shall be binding on the committee. g. A regular meeting of the executive committee shall be called with a notice of 2 days, or less with all consent of all members. An ad-hoc meeting of the committee may be called at the discretion of the convener at shorter notice; however the decisions of ad-hoc meeting shall be ratified at the next regular meeting of the committee. h. The Quorum for a meeting of the executive committee shall be 60 % of existing number of full fledged members. The number shall be rounded off to the nearest whole number. A fraction of .5 shall be rounded off to next higher digit. i. The executive committee shall be responsible for all policy matters and day to day governance and administration of the temple including the appointment of any service staff for the temple. j. Pujari/Pujarini appointed for the temple shall be a permanent invitee to the meetings but shall not have voting rights. His/Her views will be taken into consideration while arriving at decision(s). k. Pujari/Pujarini shall not be present in meeting when matters regarding his/her services are discussed. 4. The committee may nominate a Manager, who would over see day-to-day running of the temple and issue instructions and take what ever actions needed for the purpose. The tenure of the Manager shall be co-terminus with the tenure of the committee. 5. EC shall meet at least once in each quarter of the calendar year. In case the meeting could not be held even once within an year of the last meeting, the EC shall be deemed to be reconstituted as per the norms prescribed in clauses 3(a) and 3(b)

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Schedule -2 Financial Governance

1. The EC shall nominate one of its members as Treasurer 2. The tenure of the treasurer shall normally be 2 years .In exceptional cases it may be curtailed by decision of the EC 3. The treasurer must be responsible for keeping verifiable accounts of all receipts and expenditure. 4. Upto date accounts for the prior quarter shall be presented by the treasurer in the first meeting of the EC called in any quarter. 5. Accounts of the Trust shall be audited annually as per applicable laws enacted by government from time to time. 6. The Convener shall represent the Trust for the purpose of all financial transactions. He/She shall have the cheque drawing power and operate the bank accounts on behalf of the Trust. 7. The Convener may issue cheques or make cash payments upto Rs 20,000 on any action related to the Trust. For transactions above this amount, he/she shall obtain a prior concurrence of the EC by way of a formal decision. 8. The Hundi shall be opened at the first meeting of the EC in any quarter.

Matters of Religious governance