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Constitution of the Board.—(1) The Government shall, as soon as may be, after the commencement of this Act, by notification in the Gazette, constitute a Board to be known as the 'Kerala Public Enterprises (Selection and Recruitment) Board' to exercise the powers conferred on it and to perform the functions under this Act. (2) The Board shall be an independent and autonomous body corporate in the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and common seal and shall in the said name, sue and be sued. (3) The Board shall consist, of a Chairperson and four members appointed by the Government. Among the members, one shall be a woman and one shall be a person belonging to Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe. (4) The Chairperson of the Board shall be a person who is or has been holding a post not below the rank of Principal Secretary to Government and have experience as Board Member of Public Sector Undertakings or a person having not less than five years' experience as Managing Director in Class A Public Sector Undertaking under the Government of India or Government of Kerala. (5) The other members of the Board shall be persons having experience in any area of,— (i) General Management in Technical or Marketing or Human Resources; (ii) Finance or Accounts or Cost Accounts; (iii) Law; and (iv) Administration. (6) There shall not be more than two members from a particular area specified in sub-section (5) in the Board at a time. (7) The Government may appoint a person as Secretary to the Board on deputation or on selection basis, as may be prescribed, who is or has been holding the post of or equivalent 21 This is a digitally signed Gazette. Authenticity may be verified through https://compose.kerala.gov.in/ to that of Special Secretary to Government or equivalent to that of Managing Director, with minimum of three years' experience, in a Public Sector Undertaking under category A classification at any point of time. The Kerala Service Rules shall be applicable to appointment made on deputation basis. The Secretary who is appointed on selection basis may continue in office till the completion of a period of four years from the date on which he assumes office, or till he attains the age of sixty two years, whichever occurs earlier. He shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions under this Act and as authorised by the Board. The Secretary shall be eligible for salary and allowances as may be prescribed. (8) The Headquarters of the Board shall be at Thiruvananthapuram.