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The registered office of the Authority shall be situated at such a place as the State Seed Certification Governing Board may decide from time to time. Its office at present will be located at Chandigarh but its area of operation will be the whole of the State. The objects for which the Authority is established are:- a) to act as the Certification Authority established under Section 8 of the Seed Act 1966 ( 54 of 1966 ). b) To discharge the functions entrusted to the Certification Authority established under Section 9 and 10 of the Seed Act 1966 ( 54 of 1966 ). c) Diffusion of scientific knowledge regarding standardization of seed according to the national/International standards. d) To recognize varieties (and kinds where improved varieties are not available eligible for seed certification and publish annually lists indicating the names of such varieties and kinds. e) To maintain a list of sources of breeder and foundation seed approved by the Central Seed Certification Board in the case of variety grown in more than one State and by the State Seed Certification Board in the case of varieties of local importance. f) To verify upon receipt of an application for certification that the variety is eligible for certification the application has been submitted in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the State Seed Certification Governing Board and that the source of seed used for planting is from approved sources. g) To provide for the inspection of Seed fields, seed processing plants and seed lots in accordance with the procedures outlined by the Central Seed Certification Board. h) To ensure that the seed certified in the State conform to the standards prescribed by the Central Seed Certification Board. i) To grant certificates, certified tags and seals etc. designed as per specifications provided by the Central Seed Certification Board and as per procedure prescribed by the State Seed Certification Governing Board. j) To carry out educational programmes designed to promote the use of certified seed including a publication listing cooperators in the seed certification programme and sources of certified seed and provide such information to the Central Seed Certification Board and to publicize the same.