Officers and servants of market committee

(1) There shall be a Chief Administrative Officer for every market committee, who shall be appointed by the Government. (2) The market committee may, with the approval of the local authority, appoint other officers and servants as are necessary for the efficient performance of its functions. (3) The Chief Administrative Officer and other paid officers and servants of the market committee shall be whole time Government servants. (4) The salaries, allowances, pensions and other remuneration of the Chief Administrative Officer and other paid officers and servants of the market committee shall be paid in the first instance from the Consolidated Fund of the State and the market committee shall, out of the Market Committee Fund, repay to the Government the amount paid by the Government under this sub-section. (5) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act and subject to the provisions of Article 311 of the Constitution, the Government may make rules regulating the conditions of service of the Chief Administrative Officer and other paid officers and servants of the market committee.