Establishment and incorporation of the Council

(1) There shall be established and constituted by the Government, a Council to be known as the Wetern Orissa Development Council for the accelerated development and advancement of the area of the Council which shall comprise the districts of Baragarh, Bolangir, Boudh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Nuapada, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Sundargarh and may include such other area as may be prescribed. (2) The Council shall be a body corporate with the name aforesaid having perpetual succession and a common seal with power, subject to the provisions of this Act, to acquire, hold and dispose property, both movable and immovable, and to contract with approval of the Government, and shall, by the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Council shall be deemed to have been incorporated for the purposes, among others, of preparing plans and programmes for the allround development in the Council area promoting original research of advancement of education, of educational and financial condition of the people, of inspecting the different institutions, organisations, local authorities and supervising all matter relating to the general standard of the people of the area and of promoting their physical, mental and moral welfare. (4) The headquarters of the Council shall be at such a place within the Council area as may be notified in the Gazette by the Government in consultation with Council which shall meet for the purpose at such place as the Government may fix.