(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a Regional Development Authority for the Special Investment Region area declared under section 3.
Constitution of Regional Development Authority.
(2) Every Regional Development Authority constituted under subsection (1) shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of movable and immovable property and to contract, and by the said name, to sue and be sued.
(3) The State Government may, instead of constituting a Regional Development Authority for an Investment Region or an Industrial Area, designate a Government agency or Government company as the Regional Development Authority and empower it to exercise all the powers and perform all the functions as specified in section 15.
9. The Headquarters of the Regional Development Authority shall be at such place as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.
Headquarters of Regional Development Authority.
10. The Regional Development Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:-
(i) the Chairperson, to be appointed by the State Government;
(ii) the Vice-Chairperson, to be appointed by the State Government;
(iii) two officials of the State Government, to be nominated by the State Government, ex-officio;
Appointment of members in Regional Development Authority.
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(iv) an officer to be nominated by the Apex Authority;
1[(iv-a) such persons not exceeding four in number who are members of the local authorities functioning in the Special Investment Region, as may be nominated by the State Government;
(iv-b) the Presidents of the District Panchayats functioning in the Special Investment Region;]
(v) a person having experience in administration, to be nominated by the State Government;
(vi) two non-officials who possess experience in area development and regional planning, to be nominated by the State Government;
(vii) two representatives from the industry and business sector, to be nominated by the State Government;
(viii) a Member-Secretary who shall be an officer of the State Government, to be appointed by the State Government. The Member- Secretary shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Development Authority, ex-officio.
Term of office and Conditions of service of the members.