Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971
3. Appointment of
Estate Officers.-
The Central Government may, be notification in
the Official Gazette,-
(a) appoint such persons, being Gazetted
Officers of Government [ or of the Government of any Union Territory]
or officer of equivalent rank of the [
Statutory Authority] as it thinks fit, to be Estate Officers for the purposes
of this Act;
Provided that no officer of the Secretariat of
the Rajya Sabha shall be so appointed except after consultation with the
Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and no officer of the Secretariat of the Lok Sabha
shall be so appointed except after consultation with Speaker of the Lok Sabha :
Provided further that an officer of a Statutory
Authority shall only be appointed as an Estate Officer in respect of the public
premises controlled by that authority; and]
(b) define the local limits within which, or
the categories of public premises in respect of which, the Estate Officers
shall exercise the powers conferred and perform the duties imposed, on Estate
Officers by or under this Act.