(1) There shall be established in the prescribed manner for each district a Zila Bhoomi Evam Jal Sanrakshan Samiti.
(2) The Zila Samiti shall consist of
(a) the Collector who shall also be the Chairman thereof ;
(b) the Adhyaksha of the Antarim Zila Parishad or Zila Parishad;
(c) members of the Legislative Assembly whose constituencies include any part of the district ;
(d) the officer-in-charge of the work of the Planning Department in the District ;
(e) the District Agriculture Officer ;
(f) the Bhoomi Sanrakshan Adhikari, who shall also be the Secretary of the Zila Samiti ;
(g) the Executive Engineers of the Irrigation Department exercising jurisdiction in the district or any part thereof ;
(h) the Divisional Forest Officers exercising jurisdiction in the district or any part thereof ;
(i) the Pramukhs of the Kshettra Samities in the district ; and
(j) not more than one person interested in soil and water conservation appointed by the Collector annually:
Provided that the member of the Legislative Assembly, an Executive Engineer, a Divisional Forest Officer or a Pramukh shall have a right of participation in only such proceedings of the Zila Samiti as relate to a plan covering an area from which he was elected as a member or in which he exercises jurisdiction as such Engineer, Officer or Pramukh, as the case may be.
(3) Any dispute as to the membership or right of participation in the proceedings of a Zila Samiti shall be decided by the Chairman thereof whose decision in the matter shall be final.