(1) On the constitution of the Marketing Board after a general election or otherwise, a meeting shall be -10- called for the election of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman on the date fixed by the State Marketing Officer under sub-section (2) of section 15.
(2) Such meeting shall be presided over by the State Marketing Officer or any person authorised by him in that behalf. The State Marketing Officer or such authorised person shall, when presiding over the meeting, have the same powers as that of the powers exercised by the Chairman while presiding over a meeting of the Marketing Board, but shall not have the right to vote.
(3) If, in the election of a Chairman or Vice-Chairman, there is an equality of votes, the result of the election shall be decided by lots to be drawn in the presence of the presiding officer in such manner as he may determine.
(4) In the event of a dispute arising as to the validity of the election of a Chairman or Vice-Chairman, the State Marketing Officer, if he is the presiding officer, shall decide the dispute himself and in any other case the officer/person authorised to act as a presiding officer by the State Marketing Officer shall refer the dispute to the State Marketing Officer for his decision. The decision of the State Marketing Officer, subject to an appeal to the Government, shall be final and no suit or other proceeding shall lie in any Court in respect of any such decision.