Officers and servants of Corporation

(1) The State Government shall appoint a Managing Director and Chief Accounts Officer for the Corporation. (2) The Corporation may,- (a) with the previous approval of the State Government, appoint such number of Managers and Assistant Managers as may be necessary having regard to the workload of the estates or farms of the Corporation; and also (b) appoint such other Officers and Servants, subordinate to the Officers mentioned in sub-section (1) and in clause (cl) of this sub-section, as it considers necessary for the efficient performance of its duties and functions. (3) The conditions of appointment and service of the officers and servants and their scales of pay shall- (a) as regards the officers mentioned in sub-section (1), be such as the State Government may determine from time to time, and (b) as regards the other officers and servants mentioned in sub-section (2), be such as may be determined from time to time by the Corporation with the previous approval of the State Government. (2) The powers of the Corporation with respect to the disposal of land under sub-section (1) shall be so exercised as to secure, so far as practicable, that (a) where the Corporation proposes to dispose of by sale any such land without any development having been undertaken or carried out thereon, the Corporation shall offer the land in the first instance to the persons from whom it was acquired, if they desire to purchase it, subject to such requirements as to its development and use as the Corporation may think fit to impose; (b) persons who are raising agriculture or horticulture crops or carrying on other activities on any such land shall, if they desire to obtain such land belonging to the Corporation and are willing to comply with any requirements of the Corporation as to its development and use, have an opportunity to obtain such land as is suitable to their reasonable requirements on terms settled with due regard to the price at which any such land has been acquired from them, (3) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as enabling the Corporation to dispose of land by way of gift, mortgage or charge, but subject as aforesaid reference in this Act to the disposal of land shall be construed as reference to the disposal thereof in any manner, whether by way of sale, exchange or lease or by the creation of any easement, right or privilege or otherewise.