Command Areas Development Act, 1980 Section 4

(1) The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:-

(a) ten persons nominated by the State Government of whom one shall be a small farmer, one shall be a person belonging to scheduled castes or scheduled tribes, one shall be an agricultural labourer, and one shall be a rural artisan;

(b) one person nominated by the State Government to represent banks and financial institutions;

¹[(c) the Deputy Secretary to Government (Command Area Development Authority), Irrigation Department;]

²[(cc) the Chief Secretaries of the concerned Zilla Parishads;]

(d) the Director of Agriculture³[or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Director of Agriculture;]

(e)³[the Engineer-in-Chief and] the Chief Engineers of the concerned irrigation project or projects;

(f) the Registrar of Co-operative Societies³[or his nominee not below the rank of Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies];

(g) the Director of Town Planning;

(h) the Commissioner and Secretary to Government, Finance Department;

(i) the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Agricultural Sciences;

(j) the Deputy Commissioners of the concerned revenue districts;

(k) the Administrator appointed under section 11.

(2) The State Government shall appoint,-

(i) one of the members as the Chairman; and

(ii) one of the members or any officer of the Authority as the Secretary of the Authority.

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1. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986 w.e.f. 29.10.1996 and again substituted by Act 32 of 1995 w.e.f. 22.11.1995.

2. Inserted by Act 33 of 1987 w.e.f. 13.11.1987.

3. Inserted by Act 32 of 1995 w.e.f. 22.11.1995.