(1) The Board shall have a Secretary who shall be appointed by the State Government.
(2) The Secretary shall, subject to the control of the Chairman, be the Executive Officer of the Board, and all other officers and servants for the time being serving under the Board shall be subordinate to him.
(3) He shall exercise such powers as may be prescribed.
(4) He shall be entitled to be present at the meetings of the Board and its Committees but shall not be entitled to vote.
(5) The State Govenment may appoint one or more Joint Secretaries or Assistant Secretaries for the Board, as the State Government may, having regard to the requirements of the Board, think fit to appoint.
(6) A joint Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall exercise such powers and perform such duties of the Secretary as are respectively assigned to him by the Secretary under the general or special orders of the Chairman.
21. The State Government may appoint such other officers and servants as may be required to enable the Board to discharge its functions under this Act:
Provided that the State Government may by order delegate to the Chairman or to the Secretary, the powers of appointing such classes of servants as may be specified in the order.
22. The Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, Joint and Assistant Secretaries and other officers and servants appointed under this Act shall be the servants of the State Government, and they shall draw their salaries or as the case may be honoraria and allowances from the Consolidated, Fund of the State. The salaries and allowances and other conditions of service of these officers other than the Chairman and Deputy Chairman shall be such as may be determined by the State Government.
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