Disqualification of Chairman and Members

A person shall be disqualified for being appointed, elected, nominated or designated as, or from continuing as a Chairman or a member of the Board or any Committee appointed under this Act:- a. if he directly or indirectly by himself or his partner has or had any share or interest in any text book published: Provided that a person who had any share or interest in the text book concerned shall not be deemed to have incurred the disqualifications under this clause if five years have elapsed from the date of publication of such book; b. if he directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner has any share or interest in any work done by order of, or any contract entered into on behalf of the Board; c. if he is an un-discharged insolvent; d. if he is declared physically disabled by any medical authority as Government may specify; e. if he is adjudged to be of unsound mind by a competent authority; f. if he is acting in any manner detrimental to the aims and objectives of the Board; g. if he is a person against an order of removal from office has been made under sub-section (2) of section 17: Provided that a person against whom, such order is made shall not be deemed to be disqualified under this clause, if five years or such lesser period as the Government may specify has elapsed from date of his removal from office.

Explanation: For the purpose of clause (a):- i) the publication of text-book includes its republications; ii) a person shall be deemed to have incurred disqualification by reason of his having any share or interest in the business of the publisher of such text-book. (1) The Board shall fix the required number of centres to conduct the secondary and higher secondary school certificate examination separately. The centres so fixed shall be intimated by the Board alongwith the dates of commencement of examinations to the heads of all secondary and higher secondary schools at least four moths prior to the commencement of examination. (2) The Board shall identify and requisition the educational institutions to be utilised as centres/sub-centres for the conduct of examination. (3) The educational institutions identified as the centres/sub-centres for public examination shall spare the infrastructure available in the school and extend full co-operation for smooth conduct of examination. (4) The candidates shall ordinarily select the examination centre which is nearest one from the school. However, it shall be competent for the Chairman to permit candidates to opt for any other centre on written request through the head of the school. Such permission has to be obtained prior to submission of application for examination.