Section 5 in The Orissa Rules for the Preparation and Publication of State Text-Books for Primary Schools, 1963
5. Constitution of Scrutiny Committee.
- On the recommendation of the Working Committee Government shall appoint a Scrutiny Committee for scrutinising the manuscripts. The Scrutiny Committee shall consist of five members who will be experts, each of them representing at least one of the five subjects, namely, Oriya, Arithmetic, English, Social Studies and General Science, of the primary syllabus. Three members shall form the quorum. The Secretary shall be the convener. At each meeting of this Scrutiny Committee the members present shall choose the President. The Scrutiny Committee may co-opt, if necessary, to more than one subject expert for each subject to assist them while scrutinising the manuscripts on a particular subject. No person who has submitted a manuscript in any subject shall be so co-opted. Post facto sanction of Government to the co-option of subject experts from outside shall be taken the Scrutiny Committee shall hold office for a period of two years and a fresh Committee shall be appointed at the end of every two years.
