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According to   the Kerala Public Libraries Act, 1989 , 48.   Library Cess   - The State Library Council shall levy a library cess in the form of surcharge on the building tax levied under the Kerala Panchayats Act, 1960 or the property tax levied under the Kerala Municipalities Act 1960 or the Kerala Municipal Corporations Act, 1961 at the rate of five paise for the whole rupee in the building tax or property tax, as the case may be, so levied. The cess collected shall be paid to the State Library Council by the Panchayat, Municipal Council or the Municipal Corporation, as the case may be. The Kerala Panchayat Raj Act 1994 (13 of 1994) does not specify anything about the library cess. The cess is levied on the basis of KPL Act 1989. See the judgements on  Sankaranarayanan vs Engandiyoor Grama Panchayath on 10 June, 2008 (CRP. No. 769 of 2004)  and  Kochi Refineries Limited vs State Of Kerala on 6 November, 2009 (OP. No. 7842 of 2002) . In ad...

According to Local Self Government Department , Government of Kerala, here are  941  Grama Panchayats‍ 152  Block Panchayats 14  District Panchayats 87  Municipalities 6  Municipal Corporations in Kerala.  Only 69 of them, ie 7% have full time librarians. The seniority  list of these librarians are available at the site of the LSG Department. The designations, method of appointment and qualifications of librarians in LSGD libraries are stipulated in the Kerala Panchayats Subordinate Service Rules, 1994  as follows: GROUP III Category 1-Librarian Grade I  Category 2-Librarian Grade II  Category 3-Librarian Grade III  Category 4-Librarian Grade IV GROUP III Category 4- Librarian Grade IV  1. By promotion from among qualified persons. 2. In absence of suitable persons under (1) above by appointment by transfer from among qualified full time contingent employees with four years service. 3. In the absence of suitable pers...