Chapter IV CONSTITUTION OF REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a Regional Development Authority for the Special Investment Region area declared under section 3. (2) Every Regional Development Authority constituted under sub-section (1) shall be a body corporate and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of movable and immovable property and to contract, and by the said name, to sue and be sued. (3) The State Government may, instead of constituting a Regional Development Authority for an Investment Region or an Industrial Area, designate a Government agency or Government company as the Regional Development Authority and empower it to exercise all the powers and perform all the functions as specified in section 15.

The Headquarters of the Regional Development Authority shall be at such place as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify.

The Regional Development Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) the Chairperson, to be appointed by the State Government; (ii) the Vice-Chairperson, to be appointed by the State Government; (iii) two officials of the State Government, to be nominated by the State Government, ex-officio; (iv) an officer to be nominated by the Apex Authority; (iv-a) such persons not exceeding four in number who are members of the local authorities functioning in the Special Investment Region, as may be nominated by the State Government; (iv-b) the Presidents of the District Panchayats functioning in the Special Investment Region; (v) a person having experience in administration, to be nominated by the State Government; (vi) two non-officials who possess experience in area development and regional planning, to be nominated by the State Government; (vii) two representatives from the industry and business sector, to be nominated by the State Government; (viii) a Member-Secretary who shall be an officer of the State Government, to be appointed by the State Government. The Member-Secretary shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Regional Development Authority, ex-officio.

(1) The term of office and conditions of service of the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, the Chief Executive Officer and members of the Regional Development Authority shall be such as may be prescribed. (2) The appointment, remuneration, allowances and conditions of services of the officers and employees of the Regional Development Authority shall be such as may be prescribed by regulations.

The Regional Development Authority shall meet at such time and at such place as the Chairperson may determine: Provided that the procedure with regard to transaction of business at its meetings including quorum at such meeting shall be such as may be laid down by the Regional Development Authority in consultation with the Apex Authority.

The Regional Development Authority may constitute an Executive Committee and such other committees consisting of such number of its members for performance of its functions as may be determined by it: Provided that the core functions of the Regional Development Authority such as preparation of the development plan, town planning scheme and the General Development Regulations shall not be delegated to any other committee of the Regional Development Authority.

No act or proceedings of the Regional Development Authority and any of its committees shall be invalid or vitiated merely by reason of - (a) a vacancy therein or any defect in the constitution thereof, or (b) an irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merit of the case.