(1) The Secretary shall be responsible for the implementation of the decisions arrived at by the Board or by its committees and the discharge of the duties imposed on him under the Act or by these rules.
(2) Subject to such powers and duties as may be delegated by the Chairman, the Secretary shall –
(a) cause all important papers and matters presented to the Board as early as practicable;
(b) issue directions as to the method of carrying out the decisions of the Board;
(c) grant receipts on behalf of the Board for all moneys received under the Act;
(d) maintain or cause to be maintained an account of the receipts and expenditure of the Board and also the various registers that may be prescribed for the Board under the Act or these rules;
(e) receive applications from growers, curers, exporters, packers, auctioneers, dealers, owners/leasers of auction platforms, for registration with the Board under Section 10 to 13, examine them in accordance with the policy of Board, the provisions of the Act and these rules and issuing necessary certificates of registration or otherwise communicating the decision on such supplications to the applicants;
(f) receive appeals written or oral, against the decisions of the Board and taking appropriate action thereon in accordance with the provisions contained in the Act, these rules and the guidelines that may be laid down by the Board of the Chairman;
(g) present an annual draft report on the working of the Board to the Board for approval and submit the report in the form approved by the Board to the Central Government not later than the dates specified from time to time in this behalf by the Central Government for being laid before each House of Parliament;
(h) assist the Chairman in all administrative matters and in the discharge of such other functions as the Chairman by desire.
* CHAPTER V-A TRAVELLING AND OTHER ALLOWANCES TO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD 30-a. Travelling and other Allowances to Members of the Board and its Committees :-
(1) A member of the Board or any Committee, other than a Government servant, shall be entitled to draw in respect of any journey performed by him for the purpose of attending a meeting of the Board or of a duly constituted Committee thereof or for the purpose of discharging any duty assigned to him by the Board or the Committee concerned travelling allowance and daily allowance at the highest rates admissible to Government Servants of the first grade under the rules and orders made by the Central Government and for the time being in force.
(2) (Deleted vide Tobacco Board (Second Amendment) Rules 1980.
Published in the Gazette of India, Part-II, Section.3(1), Dt.
12.1.1985).
* Chapter V-A was inserted vide Tobacco Board (Second Amendment) Rules 1980. Published in the Gazette of India, Part-II, Sec.3 (1) Dt.
6-9-1980.
(3) No travelling allowance or daily allowance shall be allowed to a member unless he certifies that he has not drawn any travelling or daily allowance from any other source in respect of the journey and halt for which the claim is made.
(4) Travelling allowance shall be payable from the usual place of residence of a member to the place of the meeting or the place where he has gone to attend to any business of the Board or any of its Committees and back to his place of residence;
Provided that when the journey commences from, or the return journey terminates at any place other than his usual place or residence, the travelling allowance shall be limited to the amount that would have been payable had the journey commenced from or terminated at the usual place of residence or to the amount payable in respect of the actual journey undertaken, whichever is less;
Provided further that in special circumstances and with the previous approval of the Central Government the Chairman may grant travelling allowance from place other than the usual place of residence of a member.
(5) The Chairman shall be the controlling officer for the purposes of travelling and daily allowances of the members of the Board or of any Committee thereof.
30-B. Conveyance Allowance :- No conveyance allowance for attending meetings of the Board or any of its Committees or for attending to any other business of the Board, shall be paid to those members who draw travelling or daily allowance;
Provided that a member who is resident at a place where the meeting of the Board or any of the Committees is held or where any other business of the Board is transacted, may be paid the actual expenditure incurred on conveyance by him subject to a maximum of rupees ten per day.
CHAPTER – VI MINIMUM EXPORT PRICES AND PURCHASE, SALE AND EXPORT OF VIRGINIA TOBACCO