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(1) Any library other than a library established or maintained by the State Library Council or a District Library Council or a [Taluk Library Council] may apply, in such form as may be prescribed, to the [Taluk Library Council] of the Taluk in which it is situated for recognition as an affiliated library under this Act. (2) The [Taluk Library council] shall consider the application and if it is satisfied that the conditions prescribed for granting affiliation have been complied with, recommend the application through the District Library-Council to the State Library Council for affiliation and on such affiliation being granted, the library shall be treated as an affiliated library. (3) A person aggrieved by any decision of the [Taluk Library Council] with regard to the affiliation of library may appeal to the State Library Council in writing through the District Library Council within thirty days of such decision, and the decision of the State Library council after obtaining the opinion of the District Library Council thereon shall be final. Substituted by ibid.