(1) The Board, as the case may be, may appoint such officers and employees as it may consider necessary for the efficient performance of its functions.
(2) The pay and other conditions of service of the officers and employees of the Board shall be such as may be laid down in the Regulations made in this behalf.
66. The service rules as prescribed under the Assam Services Conduct Rules 1962 and Assam Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964, shall apply, mutates mutandis, to every officer and employee of the Board.
CHAPTER X CONTROL Production o f Government may at any time require the Board,- Records
(a) to produce any record, correspondence or other document in the possession of the Board;
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(b) to furnish any report, return, plan, estimate, statement of accounts or statistics relating to the functions of the Board for the inspection and examination of works, records, etc. by Government
68. The Government may depute any person in the service of the Government to inspect or examine any department or office or any service or work undertaken by the Board or property belonging to the Board and to report thereon and the Board and all its officers shall be bound to provide access to such person, at all reasonable times, to the premises and properties of the Board as well as of all records, accounts and other documents, the inspection of which such person may consider necessary to enable him to discharge his duties.
69. The Government may at any time issue directions in relation to the management of the Board and the Board shall comply with such directions:
Provided that the Government shall make due provision for any financial liability to the Board arising directly in consequence, of any such directions.
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70. (I) The Board shall for the purposes of this Act, by agreement on such terms and at such price as may be approved by the Board, have power to acquire and hold or dispose of movable and immovable property or any interest therein.
(2) The Government having powers of acquisition under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 or Assam Land Requisition and Acquisition Act, 1964 or any other law or policy for the time being in force, may, at the request of the Board acquire any immovable property.
7 1 . The Board shall be competent to enter into and perform any contract necessary for the discharge of its functions under this Act.