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Constitution of the District Land Development Committees.- (1) As soon as may be after the commencement of this Act, the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, constitute a District Land Development Committee for each district consisting of the following members, namely:- (a) the Deputy Commissioner of the district concerned who shall be the chairman of the committee; (b) two official members who shall be persons of experience in agriculture or irrigation engineering or forestry; and (c) two non-official members. (2) The term of office of the members of the committee shall, unless extended by an order of the State Government notified in the Official Gazette, be five years from the date of notification under sub-section (1): Provided that the term of office of a member chosen to fill a casual vacancy shall be the unexpired period of the term of the person in whose place he has been appointed. (3) A member may, at any time by notice in writing to the Chairman, resign his office. (4) The State Government may, by notification, remove any member of the committee- (a) if he refuses to act or becomes, in the opinion of the State Government, incapable of acting or has been declared a bankrupt or an insolvent or has been convicted of any such offence or subjugated by a criminal court to any such order as implies, in the opinion of the State Government, a defect of character which unfits him to be a member; 4 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH LAND DEVELOPMENT ACT, 1973 (b) if he has been declared by notification to be disqualified for employment or has been dismissed from the public service and the reason for disqualification or dismissal is such as implies, in the opinion of the State Government, a defect of character which unfits him to be a member; (c) if he has without reasonable cause in the opinion of the State Government, and without permission of the committee absented himself from more than ten consecutive meetings of the committee; (d) if, in the opinion of the State Government, he has flagrantly abused his position as a member of the committee; or (e) if, being a legal practitioner, he acts or appears in any legal proceedings on behalf of any person against the committee or on behalf of or against the Government where in the opinion of the State Government such action or appearance is contrary to the interests of the committee: Provided that before the State Government notifies the removal of a member under this section, the reasons for his proposed removal shall be communicated to the member concerned, and he shall be given an opportunity to tender an explanation in writing. (5) No act done by the committee shall be questioned on the ground merely of the existence of any vacancy, or any defect in the constitution of the committee. (6) If there is a difference of opinion among the members of the committee regarding any question, the decision of the majority of members present and voting shall prevail, and in case of equality of votes the chairman shall have a casting vote.