(1) The Chief Minister of the State of West Bengal shall be the Composition Chairman of the Board and he shall nominate two persons to be the of the Board.
Vice-Chairmen.
(2) The other members shall be—
(i) the Mayor of the Corporation of Calcutta;
(ii) one Member of Parliament to be nominated by the Chairman of the Board from amongst those elected from the State of West Bengal;
(iii) three Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly to be nominated by the Speaker of that Assembly;
(iv) the Chairman of three municipalities to be nominated by the State Government;
(v) the Sabhadhipatis of three Zilla Parishads to be nominated by the State Government;
(vi) the Chief Secretary to the Government of West Bengal;
(vii) not more than seven officers of the rank of Secretary to the State Government Departments dealing with metropolitan development, local Government, planning, health, industry, housing, finance, agriculture, community development, transport, education, power, public works, irrigation, panchayat and land and land reforms;
(viii) the Chairman of the West Bengal Housing Board;
(ix) the Engineer-in-Chief, Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal;
111 The West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979.
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(x) the Chief Conservator of Forests and Wild Life, Government of West Bengal;
(xi) the Chief Executive Officer, Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority;
(xii) the Chairman of the West Bengal State Electricity Board;
(xiii) the Chairman of the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation;
(xiv) representatives of the Central Government dealing with railways, steel and mines, civil aviation and transport and communications;
(xv) non-officials to be nominated by the State Government who, in its opinion, have special knowledge or practical experience in matters relating to town and country planning, engineering, transport, industry, environmental engineering, geography, geology, sociology, municipal engineering, agriculture and economics;
(xvi) the Secretary, Town and Country Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, who shall be designated as the Member-Secretary of the Board.
Functions of the Board.
Term of office and conditions of service of the members of the Board.
Meeting of the Board.
5. The Board shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder, advise the State Government in matters relating to planning, development, co-ordination and use of rural and urban land and such other connected functions as the State Government may, from time to time, assign to it.