Section 9. Chief Executive Officer

(1) The Board shall carry out the purposes of the act trough its Chief Executive officer. (2) The Chief Executive officer shall be appointed by Government of Uttarakhand. (3) The Chief Executive officer shall:- (a) be responsible to the Board for the proper administration and management of the functions and affairs and the Board in accordance with the policy laid down by the Board / Government and act as the head of the Department; and (b) exercise such financial powers as may be decided by the Board. (c) Ex-officio Chief Executive Officer/Ex-office Director General Tourism” shall also function as Head of the Department for the execution of service matters of all the Government servants working in the Directorate of Tourism at that time.1 (4) If the Chief Executive Officer is temporarily absent or temporarily incapacitated by reason of illness or for any other reason is temporarily unable to perform his duties, a person may be appointed by the Board/ Government to act in the place of the chief Executive Officer during such period of absence from duty.