Chapter IV STAFF OF THE BOARD

Chief Executive Officer of the Board.—

1. (1) The Government may, by notification, appoint the Chief Executive Officer of the Board.
2. (2) The qualification, salary, allowances, other conditions of service etc. of the Chief Executive Officer shall be such as may be prescribed.

Controller of Finance and Accounts, officers and employees of the Board.—

1. (1) The Board shall, with the previous sanction of the Government in writing, appoint a person possessing the qualification such as may be prescribed to be the Controller of Finance and Accounts. The Government may sanction such appointment on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
2. (2) The Board may, with the previous sanction of the Government in writing, create such other posts and appoint on deputation or otherwise such other officers and employees as it considers necessary for the efficient performance of the functions of the Board and determine by regulations their conditions of appointment and service and remuneration payable to them: Provided that no person shall be appointed as a Pilot at any port who is not for the time being authorised by the Government under the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Central Act 15 of 1908) to pilot vessels at that port.
3. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the Board may, with the previous approval of the Government in writing, appoint on deputation an employee of the Hydrographic Survey Wing to the Board subject to such usual terms and conditions of deputation as may be issued by Government from time to time.
4. (4) Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the rules and the regulations made thereunder, the provisions of the Kerala Service Rules, the Kerala State and Subordinate Services Rules, 1958, the Kerala Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1960 and the Kerala Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1960, as amended from time to time, shall mutatis mutandis apply to the employees of the Board appointed under this Act.
5. (5) The amounts standing in the credit of the employees referred to in sub-section (1) of section 12 in any pension, provident fund, gratuity or like funds constituted for them shall be transferred by the Government to the Board along with any accumulated interest due till the appointed day and with the accounts relating to such funds and the Board shall to the exclusion of the Government, be liable for payment of pension, provident fund, gratuity or other like sums as may be payable to such employees at the appropriate time in accordance with the conditions of their service.

Power to grant leave, etc. to employees of the Board.—

1. (1) Subject to the provisions in the regulations, the power of granting extension of service, granting leave, suspending, reducing, removing or dismissing or of disposing of any other question relating to the service of the employees of the Board, including the power of dispensing with services of any such employee otherwise than by reason of the misconduct of such employee, shall be exercised by the Board or such authority as may be provided by the regulations.
2. (2) Any officer or employee of the Board aggrieved by an order involving his reduction in rank, removal or dismissal may, within such time and in such manner as may be provided for by regulations, prefer an appeal to the Government.