(1) The State Government may, by notification, establish one or more Bhag Chas Conciliation Boards for any local area specified in the notification.
(2) Every Board shall consist of a Chairman who shall be a person in the service of Government and four other members, two of whom shall be representatives of bargadars cultivating lands situated ih the local area for which the Board has been established and the other two shall be representatives of owners of lands cultivated by such bargadars.
(3) The Chairman and other members of the Board shall be appointed by the State Government and each of them shall hold office for such term not exceeding two years as the State Government may specify at the time of his appointment.
(4) The State Government may, at any time, cancel by notification, the appointment of the Chairman or of any other member of a Board or dissolve any Board stating the reasons for such dissolution in the notification :
Provided that when a Board is dissolved and the State Government does not consider the appointment Establishment of Bhag Chas Conciliation Boards.
4 The West Bengal Bargadars Act, 1950.
[West Ben. Act (Conciliation proceedings between bargadars and owners.— Sections 7-9.)
of another Board to be necessary or desirable, it may authorise any person in the service of Government to exercise all or any of the powers of the Board, as it thinks fit.
Bhag Chaa Conciliation Boards to have exclusive jurisdiction to decide certain disputes.
Power of Board to cause crop to be harvested and thrashed.
Bar of jurisdiction.