Term of office of members

(1) The term of office of a member of the Board shall be three years from the date on which the first meeting of the Board is held after election under section 4: Provided that the State Government may from time to time extend such term to any further period not exceeding in the aggregate one year. (1-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other provision of this Act the State Government, if it thinks fit in public interest so to do, may, at any time, by a notification in the Official Gazette terminate the normal or extended term of office of any member of the Board and may by a similar notification reconstitute the Board at any time and the Board so reconstituted shall be deemed to be a Board constituted under section 4 of this Act: Provided that pending such reconstitution, the State Government may appoint an Administrator who shall exercise all the powers and perform all the functions of the Board under this Act: Provided further that the Administrator so appointed shall not continue for a period of more than six months from the date of his appointment). (2) An out-going Chairman, Vice-Chairman or member, if otherwise qualified, shall be eligible of re-election or re-nomination, as the case may be.