Maharashtra Ministers' Salaries and Allowances Act
No: 48 Dated: Nov, 30 1956
THE MAHARASHTRA MINISTERS’ SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES ACT
ACT No. XLVIII OF 1956
An Act to provide for the salaries and allowances of the Ministers of the Government of Maharashtra and certain other matters.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the determination of the salaries and allowances of the Minister of the Government of Maharashtra and certain other matters as hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted in the Seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act, may be called the Maharashtra Ministers' Salaries and Allowances Act.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of November 1956.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(a) "maintenance" in relation to a residence includes the payment of rates and taxes due to Government or any local authority and the provisions of electricity, gas and water;
(b) "Minister", "Minister of State" and "Deputy Minister" means respectively a Minister, a Minister of State and a Deputy Minister of the Government of Maharashtra, and "Minister" includes the Chief Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister;
(c) "residence" includes the staff quarters and other buildings appurtenant thereto, and the gardens thereof;
(d) "rules or orders" means rules or orders respectively made under this Act.
3. Salaries of Ministers and Ministers of State. - There shall be paid to each Minister a salary of Rs. 10,000 per month; and to each Minister of State a salary of Rs. 9,200 per month.
4. Residences of Ministers and Ministers of State. - (1) Each Minister and Minister of State shall be entitled, without payment of rent, to the use of furnished residence in Bombay throughout his term of office and for a period of fifteen days immediately thereafter, or in lieu of such residence a house allowance at the rate of Rs. 10,500 per month and in addition a sum equal to the electricity charges and water charges, if any, paid by him for his place of residence in Bombay (being a place other than the place of residence provided under this Act by State Government).
(2) No charge shall fall on the Minister and Minister of State personally in respect of the maintenance of any residence provided under this section.
(3) The expenditure on furnishing the residence provided under this section shall be on such scale as the State Government may by rules or orders determine.
(4) Where a house allowance and other sums are payable under sub-section (1) to the Minister or Minister of State, then save as otherwise provided by or under this Act the State Government shall not incur any expenditure, or the Minister or Minister of State shall not be entitled to any payment, for additions, alterations maintenance, repairs or for doing anything whatsoever in respect of his place of residence.
5. Conveyances for Ministers and Ministers of State. - (1) The State Government may, from time to time for the use of the Minister and Minister of State purchase and provide motor cars and other suitable conveyances, upon such conditions as regards their maintenance and repairs as may be determined by rules or orders made in this behalf. The State Government may also provide free of charge the services of a chauffeur for each motor car or conveyance so provided.
(2) There shall also be paid to each Minister and Minister of State a conveyance allowance at such rate per month as may be prescribed by rules made in that behalf.
6. Salaries of Deputy Ministers. - There shall be paid to each Deputy Minister a salary of Rs. 2,100 per month.