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86B[(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules made thereunder or in the bye-laws of any society relating to the recruitment of officers and servants thereof, but subject to section 80BB, the Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, constitute a Co-operative Examination Board for the conduct of written examination for all direct recruitment to the posts of and above the category of Junior Clerks in all co-operative societies, Boards and other institutions under the control of the Registrar: Provided that the Registrar may, taking into consideration the financial capacity and viability of such society, exempt any society or class of societies from the provisions of this sub-section, in the manner as may be prescribed.] 86A[(1A) The Cooperative Service Examination Board shall also conduct competitive or qualifying examinations if any for promotion of employees in the societies, in such manner as may be prescribed.] (2) The Examination Board shall consist of not more than three members and the term of the Board shall be five years. The powers and functions and other conditions of appointment of the members of the Board and the procedures to be followed by the Board for the conduct of examination and the preparation of list of candidates to be interviewed for appointment shall be such as may be prescribed. (3) All appointments shall be made by the committee concerned from the list of candidates after conducting an interview of the candidates and making a select list therefrom in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub section (3A) of section 80 and in sub section (1) of this section, the committee of a society may, with the prior approval of the Registrar, appoint persons who are professionally or technically qualified or persons with experience and expertise to posts requiring such technical or professional qualifications on contract basis or by the method of deputation for such period, but not exceeding five years, as may be specified.] Inserted by Act 1 of 2000 w.e.f 25-1-2001. Inserted by Act 7 of 2010 w.e.f. 28-04-2010. Substituted by Act 9 of 2024 published in K.G.Ext. No.1829 dt. 07/06/2024 (w.e.f. 07/06/2024). Prior to the Substitution it read as "1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the rules or in the bye-laws of any society relating to the recruitment of officers and servants thereof the Government shall, by notification in the Gazette constitute a Cooperative Service Examination Board for the conduct of written examination for all direct recruitment to posts of and above category of Junior Clerks in the Primary Agricultural Credit Societies, Primary Credit Societies, Urban Cooperative Banks and Primary Agricultural and Rural Development Banks in the State."