Director of Co-operative Audit, Additional Director of Co-operative Audit, Joint Directors of Co-operative Audit, Deputy Directors of Co-operative Audit and Assistant Directors of Co-operative Audit

(1) The State Government may appoint a person to be the Director of Co-operative Audit of Co-operative Societies for the State. (2) The State Government may appoint an Additional Director of Co-operative Audit of co-operative societies and as many Joint Directors of Co-operative Audit, Deputy Directors of Co-operative Audit and Assistant Directors of Co-operative Audit, of co-operative societies, as it thinks fit for the purpose of assisting the Director of Co-operative Audit. (3) The State Government may appoint such other officers with such designations as it deems fit to assist the Director of Co-operative Audit. (4) All officers and persons employed in the administration of this Act relating to audit shall be subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the State Government and the Director of Co-operative Audit and the officer or officers to whom each officer appointed under this section shall be subordinate shall be determined by the State Government: Provided that the power vested in the State Government and the Director of Co-operative Audit under this sub-section shall not be exercisable so as to interfere with the discretion of any authority in exercise of any quasi-judicial function whether as original or appellate authority. (5) The State Government may, by general or special order confer on any person appointed as Additional Director of Co-operative Audit, Joint Director of Co-operative Audit, Deputy Director of Co-operative Audit or Assistant Director of Co-operative Audit, of co-operative societies, all or any of the powers of the Director of Co-operative Audit under this Act. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, matters relating to audit of every co-operative society shall be subject to the supervision and control of the Director of Co-operative Audit.