(1). The Chairman and every other member (not being an ex-officio member) shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment as Chairman or other member, as the case may be :
Provided that the State Government may extend the said period by a further period not exceeding one year:
Provided further that after the expiry of the period of his appointment a person shall be eligible for re-appointment as Chairman or member :
Pr.ovided further that no person shall be appointed as Chairman for more than three consecutive terms.
(2) Every member shall receive such allowances as m ay be prescribed.
(~) The Chairman may hold office in an honorary c<i pac1ty or on payment of remuneration. If any r .. .
Vec;:ancy of a mem ber.
IO ~... ,. .., r emuneration is to be paid to the Chairman, ~uch remu-?.r neration and other conditions of service s~all be su~h as may be prescribed.
(4) The allowances to ~he members and. the rem.u neration, if any, to the Chairman shall be paid from the fund of the Board.
?· If a member :-
(a) becomes subject to any of the disqualifica tions mentioned in section 6 ;
(b) tenders h is resignation in writing to the State Government, .or
(c) is absent without the permission of the Board, he shall cease to be a member.
Vecancy to be fill- 9 A . th b h' of the Board ed as early as pra- . ny vacancy in e mem ers lp cticable. shall be filled in as ~arly as practicable :
Proceedings presu med ·to be valid.
Provided that during any such vacancy the con tinuing members may act as if no vacancy had occur red.
10. No disqualification of, or defect in the appoint ment, Qf any person acting as Chairman or a member of the Board shall be deem~d to vitiate any act or pro ceeding of the Board, if such act or proceeding is other wise in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
·Temperary absenee of members, 11. If any member of the Board other than the Chairman is by infirmity or otherwise rendered tem porarily incapable of carrying out his duties or is absent on leave or otherwise not involving the vacation of his appointment, the State Government may appoint another person to officiate for him and carry out his functions under this Act or any rule or regulation made therem;der.
Appointment of officers and emplo- 12. (1) The Board shall have such officers and emyees and creation ployees as the Board may consider necessary for the of posts. efficient performance of its functions :
Provi~ed that the Board shall not appoint any officer in the scale of pay the maximum of which exceeds one thousand and two hundred rupees a month without obt aining the previous sanction of the State Government.
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(2) The Board shall have power to create any post on its establishment :
Provided that no new post the scale of pay: of which exceeds one thousand and two hundred rupees per month shall be created by the Board without the previous sanction of the State Government.
Ccnditions of ser- 13. The remuneration and other conditions of ser vice of officers and vice of the officers and employees of the Board shall employees. be such as may be determined by regulations.
-Preparation and maintenance of Schedule of esta blishment.
General disqua lification of all officers and em ployees.
14. Before the first day of May of every year, the Board shall prepare and maintain a schedule of esta blishment as on the first day of April of that year showing,-
(i) the number, designations and grades and scales of pay of the officers and employees (other than the employees who are paid by the day or whose pay is charged to tempor ary work), whom it considers necessary and proper to employ for the purposes of this Act;
(ii) the amount and nature of the salary, fees and allowances to be paid by the Board to each such officer or employee ;
(iii) the amount to b.e paid by the Board towards leave salary pension, provident fund or any other purpose in respect of each such officer or employee. ·
15. No person who has directly or indirectly ' by himself or his partner or agent any shares or interest in any cont r act, by or on behalf of the Board, other wise than as an officer or employee thereof, shall be come or remain an officer or employee of the Board.
Appointment of 16. (1) Subject to any rules made in this behalf, Committee. the Board may from time to time appoint one or more Committees for the purpose of securing the efficient discharge of it s functions, and in particular for the purpose of securing that the E"aid functions are exer cised with due regard to the circumstances and re quirements of par ticular local areas.
(2) Any Committee appointed under sub-section
(1) shall meet to discharge the functions assigned to it in such manner as may be directed by the Board.
12 Conduct of Business Meetings _,rnoard. 17 .The Board shall meet from time to time and shall make such arrangements with respect to the d~y, time notice, management and adjournment of itf> meetings as it thinks fit, subject to the following pro visions, namely : -
(a) an ordinary meeting shall be held once at least every two months and five members shall form the quorum ;
(b) the Chairman, may whenever he thinks fit, call special meetings ;
( c r every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and in his absence, by any mem ber chosen by the meeting to preside for the occasion;
(d) all questions at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the members present and in case of equality of votes, the person presiding shall have the right to ex ercise a second or casting vote ;
(e) the minutes of the proceedings of each meet ing shall be recorded in a book to be provided for the purpose.
~en_:iporary asso· 18. (1) The Board may associate with itself, any c1:'tton ofpersons person whose assistance or advice it may desire for with Board for . . . . .
particular purpose. carrymg mto effect any of the prov1s1ons of this Act :
Provided that the number of persons so associated.
shall not be more than three.
(2) A person associated with the Board under sub section (1) for any purpose shall have the right to take part in the deliberations of the Board relevant to that purpose, but shall not have the right to vote.
(3) The State Government may, by order, depute its representatives to attend any meeting of the Board and to take part in the deliberations of the Board, on such items or subjects as the State Government may specify but such representatives shall not have the right to vote.
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13 Contracts Power to make 19. The Board may enter into and perform all such contracts. contracts as it may consider necessary or expedient for carrying out any of the purposes of this Act.
Execution of Con tract.