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Composition of the Authority.- (1) The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:- (a) Chief Minister, who shall be the Chairman of the Authority; 4 (b) Minister for Water Resources, who shall be the Vice Chairman of the Authority; (c) Secretary, Water Resources, who shall be the Member-Secretary of the Authority; (d) Secretary, Revenue Department; (e) Secretary, Forest Department; (f) Secretary, Local Self Government Department; (g) Secretary, Health Department; (h) Secretary, Science, Technology and Environment Department; (i) Secretary, Finance Department; (j) Secretary, Power Department; (k) Secretary, Devaswom; (l) Chairman, Kerala State Pollution Control Board; (m) President, Travancore Devaswom Board; and (n) two experts having dexterity in the water-environment sector nominated by the Government; (o) two members of the House of the People, nominated by Government representing the constituencies of the area through which the Pampa River passes; (p) two members of the Legislative Assembly, nominated by Government, representing the legislative constituencies of the area through which the Pampa River passes; (q) Presidents of the District Panchayats of Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta Districts; and (r) two Presidents each nominated by Government from two Block Panchayats and two Village Panchayats of the area through which the Pampa River passes; (2) The Member Secretary shall exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be prescribed. (3) The Authority may delegate any of its functions to the Member Secretary or to the Executive Committee as it may deem fit. 5.Term of office and conditions of service of nominated members. 5 (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 7, the nominated members shall hold office during the pleasure of the Government and their conditions of service shall be such as may be prescribed. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1), every nominated member shall, unless their seats become vacant earlier by resignation, death or otherwise, hold office for a period of two years and shall be eligible for re-nomination. (3) If a casual vacancy arises in the office of anyone who comes under clauses (o), (p), (q) and (r ) of sub-section (1) of section 4, under which clause the vacancy of nominated place occurs, a person who comes under that clause may be nominated to that place by the Government and such nominated person shall continue to hold office only for the remaining term of office of that nominated person in whose place he was nominated and he would have continue to hold office as member unless that vacancy had not occurred. (3) Any nominated member may, at any time, resign his office by a resignation letter addressed to the Chairman of the Authority.