(1) The Board shall take over and employ such staff of the State, Government in the Housing and other Departments as the State Government may make available and every person so taken over and employed shall be subject to' the provisions of this Act and the rules and bye-laws made thereunder:
Provided that during the period of such employment any matters relating to the pay, allowances, leave, retirement,' pensions, provident fund and all other terms and -conditions Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.
Officer and other staff.
Powers and duties of the Secretary and other officers.
Employment of staff of the State Government, Meetings of the Board.
Execution of contracts.
of service of the· members of the said staff shall be regulated by the Sikkim Service Rules or such other rules on the subject as may from time to time be made by the State Government.
(2) All permanent Government servants taken over and employed by the Board under sub-section (1) shall have a lien on their posts in the service of the State Government and the period of their service under the Board, shall on their reversion to the service of the State. Government, be . counted for. their promotion, increments, pension and other matters relating to their service.
9. The Board shall meet and shall from time to time make such arrangements with respect to the day, time, notice and adjournment of its meetings as it thinks fit, subject to the following conditions, namely-
(a) an ordinary meeting shall be held at least once in every two months;
(b) the Chairman; may, whenever he thinks fit, call a special meeting;
(c) the quorum for every meeting shall be four;
Provided that when a meeting has been adjourned to another date for want of quorum no quorum shall be necessary in the case of the adjou rned meeting;
(d) every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and in the absence. of the Chairman by any member chosen by the members present;
(e) all questions at any meeting shall. be decided by a majority of the members present and in case of equality of votes, the person: presiding shall have and exercise a second or casting vote;
(f) the minutes of the proceedings of each meeting shall be recorded in a book to be provided for the purpose.