Constitution of the Board

(1) The Government shall for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act constitute Land development Board. (2) The Board shall consist of- (a) the Minister for Agriculture who shall be the Chairman; (b) the Minister for the Local Self Government who shall be the co-chairman; (c) the Agriculture Production Commissioner, ex-officio; (d) the Secretary, Agriculture, ex-officio ; (e) the Secretary, Local Self Government, ex-officio ; (f) the Secretary to Government, Department of Irrigation, ex-officio ; (g) the State Land Use Commissioner, ex-officio ; (h) the Chief Engineer in-charge of irrigation, ex-officio; (i) the Chief conservator of Forest , ex-officio ; (j) the Director of Agriculture, ex-officio; (k) the Vice Chancellor of Kerala Agriculture University, ex-officio ; (l) the Director, Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode , ex-officio ; (m) the Director,Centre for Earth Science studies, Thiruvananthapuram, ex-officio; (n) the Director, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, ex-officio (o) nominee of Indian council for Agriculture Research; (p) nominee of National Remote Sensing Agency; (3) The Agriculture Production Commissioner shall be the Member-Secretary to the Board. (4) All communications and orders of the Board shall be issued by the Member-Secretary or by such officer subordinate to him as may be authorised by the Board in this behalf.