Other Officers and servants

(1) The Board shall, with the approval of the State Government, determine from time to time the number, designation, and grade of its officers and servants and their scales of pay and allowances. (2) The Board shall appoint the officers and servants of the Board. (3) The Officers and servants of the Board shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Executive Officer with the approval of the Board. (4) The pay and allowances of the officers and servants shall be paid from the Temple fund: Provided that the pay and allowances of the officers and servants may be paid in kind in pursuance of the customary practice followed before the merger of Manipur into the Indian Union. (5) The Board may suspend, remove, dismiss or reduce in rank or in any way punish all officers and servants of the Board other than the Executive Officer, in accordance with rules made by the State Government. (6) Any officer or servant who is aggrieved by an order passed under sub-section (5) may prefer an appeal to the State Government against such an order within sixty days of the date of service of such an order: Provided that no appeal against an order other than an order for removal or dismissal shall lie to the State Government.