Section 50. Secretary of Market Committee.

Every Market Committee shall have a Secretary, who shall be the chief executive of the Market Committee administering principal market yard, sub‐market yard(s) and market sub‐yard(s) vested in it and the custodian of all the records and properties of the principal market yards, sub‐ market yard(s) and market sub‐yard(s) in the delineated market area: Provided that the Secretary should be graduate in agriculture or horticulture, agricultural economics or marketing or agribusiness and has also undergone minimum three months in‐service training or such training undertaken after recruitment; Provided further that the Director or Managing Director may maintain a panel of professionals, which may include professionals from open market, for appointing to the post of Secretary to the Market Committee, as may be prescribed in the Rules. The Director or Managing Director shall have powers to appoint Secretary from the services of the State Government and on deputation also and such appointments shall be binding on the Market Committee.