(1) For the purposes hereinafter specified, the State Government shall by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a Board to be called the Maharashtra Gramdan Board.
(2) The Gramdan Board shall consist of a Chairman and such number of other members (including the Secretary) being not less than five and not more than nine. The Chairman and members shall be appointed by the State Government.
(3) The Chairman and members of the Board shall hold office for a term of four years from the date of their appointment which shall be notified in the Official Gazette, and they shall be eligible for re-appointment.
(4) The Chairman or any member of the Board may resign his office by writing under his hand addressed to the State Government, but the office shall not become vacant unless the resignation is accepted.
(5) In the event of a vacancy occurring on the Board the Chairman or Secretary shall forthwith communicate the occurrence to the State Government and the vacancy shall be filled as soon as conveniently may be, but the person appointed shall hold office so long only as the member in whose place he was appointed would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred.
(6) The time, place of sitting, conduct of business and procedure to be followed at a meeting shall be such as the Gramdan Board may by regulations determine.
(7) It shall be the duty of the Gramdan Board,-
(a) to train workers for the purposes of implementing the aims and objects of this Act and assign them to Gramdan villages ;
(b) to study and evaluate general experience in the development of Gramdan villages ;
(c) to expedite legal and other formalities in connection with the Gramdan village.