Constitution of the Board

Constitution of the Board. The Board shall consist of the following directors, namely

1. (a) The Minister in-charge of the Department dealing with the subject “water supply” who shall be the Chairman of the Board, Ex-Officio.
2. (aa) The Secretary to Government in charge of the department dealing with the subject “Water Supply”, Ex-Officio.
3. (b) The Secretary to Government in charge of the Finance Department, ex-officio.
4. (c) The Member-Secretary of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority established under section 9-A of the Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1971 (Tamil Nadu Act 35 of 1972), ex-officio.
5. (d) The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Chennai ex-officio.
6. (dd) the Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, Ex-Officio.
7. (e) Six non-official directors nominated by the Government, of whom.
   • (i) one shall be a woman.
   • (ii) one shall be a person to represent the interests of the general public.
   • (iii) one shall be a person who is experienced in Government or commercial accounts and is qualified as a Chartered Accountant within the meaning of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (Central Act XXXVIII of 1949), or a Cost Accountant within the meaning of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 (Central Act 23 of 1959).
   • (iv) one shall be an experienced public health or water works engineer; and.
   • (v) two shall be persons to represent major industrial or Commercial organisations in the Chennai Metropolitan Area.
8. (f) Four whole time directors appointed by the Government, namely.
   • (i) a Managing Director.
   • (ii) a Executive Director.
   • (iii) a Finance Director; and
   • (iv) an Engineering Director.
9. (g) the Chairman of the Board, if any, appointed under Sub-section

1. (1) of Section 4-A
   • (h) a Technical Director nominated by the Government in consultation with the Board (Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Act, the non-official Technical Director of the Chennai Metropolitan Water supply and Sewerage Board appointed by the State Government under sub-clause
     • (iv) of clause
   • (e) of section 4 and section 13 of the principal Act on the 1st day of March 1977 shall be deemed to have been nominated by the State Government as a Technical Director under the Principal Act, as amended by Sections 2 and 3 of this Act, and anything done or any action taken by such non-official Technical Director on or after the 1st day of March 1977 and before the date of publication of this Act in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, shall for all purposes, be deemed to be, and to have always been validly done or taken in accordance with law as if the principal Act as amended by this Act had been in force at all materials times and shall not be liable to be questioned in any court of law).