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(1) The State Government shall, by notification, establish for Primary Calcutta, with effect from such date as may be specified in the School Council. notification, a Primary School Council to be called the Calctitta Primary School Council. (2) The Calcutta Primary School Council shall consist of the following members, namely:— (a) the District Inspector of Schools (Primary Education), Calcutta; (b) the Chairman, Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority or any person nominated by him; (c) four persons elected in the prescribed manner in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote by the Councillors of the Calcutta Corporation; (d) five teachers other than head teachers of whom at least two shall be women, elected in the prescribed manner in accordance with the system of proportional representation by Means of the single transferable vote by the teachers of primary schools in Calcutta from amongst themselves; (e) one head teacher elected in the prescribed manner by the head teachers of primary schools in Calcutta from amongst themselves; 396 The West Bengal Primary Education Act, 1973. XLIII of 1973,] (Part III.—Chapter VI.—The Primary School Councils.—Section 39.) (f) one teacher elected in the prescribed manner by the teachers of secondary schools in Calcutta from amongst themselves; (g) the members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, not being Ministers, representing constituencies comprised within the territorial jurisdiction of the Calcutta Corporation; (h) six persons interested in education nominated by the State Government, of whom— (i) one shall be a woman; (ii) one shall be a member of the Anglo-Indian community; (iii) two shall be members of the linguistic minority communities in Calcutta. (3) The Calcutta Primary School Council shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal, shall be entitled to acquire, hold and dispose of property, to enter into contracts and to do all other things necessary for the purposes of this Act, and shall by its corporate name sue and be sued.