Everynon-official member of the Board other than the Chairman shall be entitled:- a) to receive the travelling allowances and daily allowances at the rate admissible from time to time to group ‘A’ officers of the Government for attending the meetings of the Board; and b) to receive the sitting allowances at the rate of Rupees Hundred per day for attending the meetings of the Board.
5. Powers and Functions of the Secretary;1. The Secretary, shall discharge such powers and functions as conferred and delegated on him by or under any act or rule for the time being in force inter alia, it includes thata) He shall be entitled to attend each meeting and to take part in the proceedings of the meeting of the Board. Provided that he shall not be entitled to cast his vote;
b) He shall record or make to record the minute of the proceedings in each meeting of the board;
3 c) He shall give his opinion or any clarification in connection with any resolution placed or any question put before the meeting.
d) He shall execute all resolutions and orders of the Board; provided that, if any difficulties arise in execution of resolutions, it shall be reported to the board in its next meeting and take steps according to the directions of the Board;
e) He shall supervise and control all officers and staff of the Board;
f) He shall have custody of all records and papers, works and projects executed and under execution and the letter correspondences made under the authority of the Board or his own power in connection with the affairs/business of the Board;
g) He shall supervise each work carried out by the Board and take steps for speedy execution of the work and report the Board in case of any omissions or slow progress found in such execution of the work.
h) He shall conduct special study and survey for the development of Malnad area or any special area and the part thereof, as he may think fit with the consultation of prominent experts or consultants of the State Government or non Government organisation and place the report thereon with his opinion for the consideration of the Board.
i) He shall make special evaluation or audit of any particular project and scheme which is completed or intended to be implemented in the said area with the consultation of such experts or consultants and place the same before the Government.
j) He shall take speedy action to get rid of any irregularities suggested by the auditor.
k) He shall exercise all powers of the Principal Chief of the Department which are specified in the hand book for financial officers (it is common to all Departments) as amended from time to time along with any separate or special powers delegated to them by or under this act;
l) He shall be competent to get approval to re-appropriate the unspent amount from any Department to another Department. Provided that the amount appropriated so by the Department shall not exceed the ceiling of 10% of the amount basically allocated to this Department.
4 m) He shall examine the schemes and projects including the works and supplies either on his own or by his subordinate officers;
n) He shall have the power to enter into an agreement in such a way and manner as operated by the concerned developmental department for such a similar purpose;
Provided that he shall not enter into any agreement with an amount exceeding Rs. fifty lakhs, without the prior approval of the State Government;
o) He shall have the power to bear the expenditure exceeding more than Rs.
Five Lakh at a time.
CHAPTER -III Plan and Budget Estimation of the Board