(1) The Board shall take over and employ such staff of the State Employment Govemmqnt in the Housing and other Departments as the State Govern- c'thfessatfafted ment may make available and every person so taken over and employed Government.
shall be subject to the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder:
Provided that during the period of such employment all matters relating to the pay, allowances, leave, retirement, pensions, provident fund and all other terms and conditions of service of the members of the said staff shall be regulated by the West Bengal Service Rules or such Cessation of membership.
Proceedings presumed to be good and valid.
Temporary absence of members.
Officers and other staff.
175 The West Bengal Housing Board Act, 1972.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter 11.—Establishment of the Board.—Sections 14, 15.)
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.
14. 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 every month,
(b) the Chairman may, whenever he thinks fit, call a special meeting,
(c) the quorum for every meeting shall be five,
(d) every meeting shall be presided over by the Chairman and, in his absence, by the Vice-Chairman and in the absence of both Chairman and Vice-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.