(1) There- shall be an Executive Officer for a Zilla Parishad appointed by the State Government on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed:
Provided that any person so appointed shall be recalled by the State Government if a resolution to that effect is passed by the Zilla Parishad, at a meeting specially convened for the purpose, by a majority of the total numbers of members holding office for the time being.
(2) There shall be a Secretary of the Zilla Parishad to be appointed by the Zilla Parishad:
Provided that the State Government shall appoint the Secretary of a Zilla Parishad for the period of the first four years from the date of the constitution of the Zilla Parishad under sub-section (1) of section 140.
(3) A Zilla Parishad may appoint such other officers and employees as may be required by it and may fix the salaries to be paid to the persons so appointed:
Provided that no post shall be created or abolished and no revision of the scale of pay of any post shall be made by the Zilla Parishad without the prior approval of the State Government.
167. The State Government may place at the disposal of the Zilla Parishad the services of such officers or other employees serving under it as it may think fit:
Provided that any such officer or employee shall be recalled by the State Government if a resolution to that effect is passed by the Zilla Parishad, at a meeting specially convened for the purpose, by a majority of the total number of members holding office for the time being:
Provided further that the State Government shall have disciplinary control over such officers and employees.
340 The West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973.
XLI of 1973.]
• (Part IV —Zilla Parishad.—Chapter XV.—Establishment of the Zilla Parishad.—Sections 168-170.—Chapter XVL—Sthayee Samitis of the Zilla Parishad.—Section 171.)