Chapter IV POWERS OF THE CONTROLLING AUTHORITY AND THE GOVERNMENT

Powers of the Controlling Authority

1. (1) The Controlling Authority shall have the right to address the Board with reference to any work conducted or done by the Board and communicate to the Board its views on any matter with which the Board is concerned.
2. (2) The Board shall report to the Controlling Authority such action, if any, as it proposes to take or has taken upon its communication.
3. (3) If the Board does not, within a reasonable time, take action to the satisfaction of the Controlling Authority, it may after considering any explanation furnished or representation made by the Board, issue such directions consistent with this Act, as may think fit and the Board shall comply with such directions.
4. (4) In any emergency which, in the opinion of the Controlling Authority, requires that immediate action should be taken, the Controlling Authority may take such action, consistent with the Act, as it deems necessary without previous consultation with the Board and shall forthwith inform the Board of the action taken.

1. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act, the Government shall have the power to suspend the Board, if in its opinion the Board has persistently made default in the performance of duties imposed on it by or under this Act.
2. (2) In the event of suspension, all the members of the Board and its committees and sub-committees including the Chairman shall cease to be members of the Board and shall be deemed to have vacated any office of the Board held by them.
3. (3) In the event of such suspension of the Board the Government shall by an executive order appoint the Chairman or any other person as the administrator of the Board who shall exercise the power of the Board during the period of suspension.
4. (4) The Government shall have the right to address the Board with reference to anything conducted or done by the Board and to communicate its view on any matter with which the Board is concerned and the Board shall report to the Government such action, if any, as it proposes to take or has taken upon the communication of the Government.
5. (5) The Government may, after consultation with the Board, issue such directions consistent with the provision of the Act, as it may think fit and the Board shall comply with such directions.
6. (6) The Government may, by order in writing specifying the reasons thereof suspend the execution of resolution or order of the Board and prohibit the doing of an Act ordered to be done by the Board, if the Government is of opinion that such resolution, order or act is in excess of the power conferred upon the Board by or under this Act.