(1) The Board shall consist of the Chairman and ten other members appointed by the State Government :
Provided that out of such ten other members, five members shall be persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or socially, economically and educationally 2[backward classes, two members shall be persons who possess technical knowledge and experience in the matter of construction of buildings, one member shall be an officer of the Government and one member shall be the Rural Housing Commissioner.
(2) Any member of the Board may at any time resign his office by submitting his resignation to the State Government :
Provided that the resignation shall not take effect until it is accepted.
6. The State Government may from time to time grant to the Chairman such leave as may be admissible under the rules and any person whom the State Government appoints to act as the Chairman during such absence on leave shall while so acting, be deemed for all purposes of this Act to be the Chairman.