Appointment of Commandant, Assistant Commandants and Adjutant.

(1) The State Government may appoint for each group a Commandant who shall be a person eligible to hold the post of a District Superintendent and an Assistant Commandant and an Adjutant who shall be persons eligible to hold the post of an Assistant or a Deputy Superintendent. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the State Government may appoint such Military Officer as it deems fit to be a Commandant or Assistant Commandant, or Adjutant. (3) The Commandant, the Assistant Commandant, the Adjutant and every other officer so appointed shall have and may exercise such powers and authority as may be provided by or under this Act.