Amendment of Section 5

In the Principal Act, for Sub-Section (1) of Section 5 and the explanation thereof, the following shall be substituted, namely : “(1) The Board shall consist of a Chairman who shall be the Minister in-charge of Public Works Department (PWD) of the State Government and the Vice Chairman to be appointed by the State Government and with such other officers and non-official members not less than seven and not exceeding ten, as may be appointed by the State Government. Out of the non-official members at least one shall be belonging to the Scheduled Castes and one belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. The Secretary, PWD, the Chief Engineer, PWD(R&B), the District Magistrate & Collector, West Tripura and the CEO, THCB will be the Ex-officio members of the Board. Explanation:- In this Sub section, the words ‘Scheduled Castes’ & ‘Scheduled Tribes? shall have the same meaning as assigned to them under clauses (24) & (25) of Article 366 of the Constitution of India”.