Appointment of Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner

(1) The Government may appoint a Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner to the Board, who shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Board and he shall be responsible for implementing the resolutions of the Board or any committee thereof. The Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner shall also exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be entrusted to him by the Government. The staff borne on the establishment of the Board shall be under the administrative control and supervision of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner. (2) The Government shall pay in the first instance out of the Consolidated Fund of the State, the salary, allowances, leave allowances, pension and contributions, if any, towards the provident fund or provident-cum-pension fund of the Vice-Chairman and Housing Commissioner appointed by