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The State Government shall by notification establish a market committee for every notified market area and shall specify its headquarters. 1[12 (1) A Committee shall consist of eleven or nineteen members as the State government may in each case determine, out of whom one shall be an official appointed by the State Government : Provided that where in a notified market area there is in existence a Co-operative Society, the Committee shall consist of twelve or twenty members as the case may be. (2) The remaining members shall be nominated by the State Government by notification as follows :- (a) if the Committee is to consist of eleven members, there shall be nominated - (i) seven members from amongst the producers of the notified market area: (ii) two members from amongst the persons licenced under section 10 : and (iii) one member from amongst the persons licenced under section 13 : Provided that the members nominated under this clause shall include at least one person belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and one person belonging to the Backward Classes, who are otherwise qualified to be nominated as members of the Committee; (b) if the Committee is to consist of twelve members, there shall be nominated, in addition to the members specified in clause (a) one member representing the Co- operative Societies ; (c) if the Committee is to consist of ninteen members, there shall be nominated - (i) twelve members from amongst the producers of the notified market area: (ii) four members from amongst the persons licenced under section 10 : and (iii) two member from amongst the persons licenced under section 13 : Provided that the members nominated under this clause shall include at least two persons belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes and one person belonging to the Backward Classes, who are otherwise qualified to be nominated as members of the Committee; (d) if the Committee is to consist of twenty members, there shall be nominated, in addition to the members specified in clause (c), one member representing the Co-operative Societies ;