11.1 Executive Officers and the Endowments Act notes

1. 11.1.1The Executive Officer under Section 29

   Section 29 of the Endowments Act (Act 30 of 1987, as substituted by Act 33 of 2007) gives every charitable or religious institution an Executive Officer (EO): it says who appoints him, which institutions may do without one, his grades, the Hindu requirement, and his duties, from custody of jewels to the Bhakta Samajam.

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2. 11.1.2EO grades and the department's officers

   The Endowments Department runs from the Government through the Commissioner, Regional Joint Commissioners, Deputy Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners down to the institution's Executive Officer; which officer controls a temple, and which grade of EO it gets, depends on its Section 6 income class.

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3. 11.1.3The Endowments Act 1987: framework

   Act 30 of 1987, built on the Justice Challa Kondaiah Commission's report, governs every Hindu religious and charitable institution in Andhra Pradesh: it defines the institutions, sorts them by income, sets up trust boards, the Commissioner's department, the Dharmika Parishad and the Endowments Tribunal, abolishes hereditary rights, and rests on the State's power under Articles 25–26 to regulate the secular side of religion.

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4. 11.1.4Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams under the Act

   TTD, the temples of the First Schedule and the institutions of the Second Schedule treated as one religious institution, is governed by Chapter XIV (Sections 95–131) of the Endowments Act: a Government-appointed Board of up to 29 members sets policy, an Executive Committee administers, and the Executive Officer, of District Collector rank, is its chief administrative officer.

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