Liability of members of employees of Board or Marketing Committee

(1) Every member or employee of the Board or any Marketing Committee shall be liable for the loss, wastage, misappropriation or misapplication of any money or other property belonging to the Board or the Marketing Committee, if such loss, wastage misappropriation or misapplication is, provided to the satisfaction of the Board, to be the direct consequence of the neglect or misconduct on the part of such member or employee. Provided that he shall be given an opportunity by a written notice to show cause as to why he should not be held liable for the loss, wastage, misappropriation or misapplication. (2) Wherever any such member or employee is held to be so liable, he shall make good the loss within a period of one month from the date of the order failing which an amount equal to the loss shall be recoverable from such member or employee as an arrear of land revenue. (3) The members or employee against whom an order under sub-section (1) is made, may, within thirty days from the date of the service of such order, appeal to the Government which shall have the power of confirming, modifying or reversing the order made by the Board. Provided that – (a) no action for the recovery shall be taken if the loss, wastage, misappropriation or misapplication had taken place before the expiry of a period of four years; (b) in computing the period of four years, the period during which any enquiry or investigation was made by the Board or the proceedings were stayed or the period during which any appeal against the order for making good the loss, remained pending, shall be excluded.