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(1) The Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, appoint the following officers to assist the Authority in the discharge of its functions under this Act, namely:- (a) an officer of the State Government, of or above the grade of Joint Secretary to Government or Additional Director of Agriculture or Additional Registrar of Co-operative Societies or Superintending Engineer in the Public Works Department, as the Administrator of the Authority who shall, subject to the general superintendence and control of the Authority, be the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority and shall exercise and discharge such powers and duties as may be prescribed by rules or delegated to him by the Authority: (b) an officer of the Agriculture Department, not below the rank of Joint Director of Agriculture, as the Development Officer (Agriculture); (c) an officer of the Public Works Department, not below the rank of a Superintending Engineer, as the Development Officer (Engineering); (d) an officer of the Co-operative Department, not below the rank of Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies, as the Development Officer (Co-operation); (e) an officer of the Soil Conservation Unit of the Agriculture Department, not below the rank of the Joint Director, as the Development Officer (Soil Conservation); (f) a Chartered Accountant with sufficient experience or an officer from the establishment of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India not below the rank of Deputy Accountant General or an officer of the Finance Department not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary, as the Chief Accounts Officer; (g) an officer of the Department of Economics and Statistics, not below the rank of Deputy Director, as the Evaluation Officer; and (h) an officer not below the rank of a Superintending Engineer of Public Works Department with sufficient experience in irrigation projects as Water Management Specialist. (2) The Development Officers, the Chief Accounts Officer and the Evaluation Officer shall be subordinate to the Administrator and shall exercise such powers and discharge such duties as may be assigned to them by the Administrator. (3) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, the Authority may appoint such other officers and employees as it may deem necessary for the efficient discharge of its functions. (4) The terms and conditions of service of the officers specified in sub-section (1) and the officers and employees appointed under sub-section (3) shall be such as may be prescribed by rules.