Section 33A in The Punjab Khadi and Village Industries Board Act, 1955
33A. [ Control of Government over Board. [Inserted vide Haryana Act 25 of 1979.]
(1)The Government shall exercise superintendence and control over the Board and its officers and may call for such information as it may deem necessary and, in the event of its being satisfied that the Board is not functioning properly or is abusing its powers or is guilty of corruption or mismanagement, it may, by notification, suspend the Board :Provided that the Board shall be reconstituted within a period of one year from the date of its suspension.(2)When the Board is suspended under sub-section (1), the following consequences shall ensue, namely :-(a)all members of the Board and its committees, including the Chairman, [Chief Executive], Secretary and Joint Secretary of the Board, shall, from the date of the notification, vacate their offices;(b)all powers, duties and functions, which under the provisions of this Act or any regulation made thereunder, are to be exercised, by the Board or any committee thereof or by the Chairman, [Chief Executive] [Substituted for the word 'Vice-Chairman' by Haryana Act 22 of 1980.], Secretary or Joint Secretary or any other officer of the Board, shall, during the period of suspension, be exercised and performed by such person (to be called the Administrator) as may be appointed by the Government in this behalf :Provided that the Administrator may, subject to the control of the Government, delegate any of his powers, duties or functions to such other person as he may think fit;(c)all properties, including the Board fund, vested in the Board shall, until it is reconstituted, vest in the Government.]
