Section 24. Constitution of First Committee or a new Committee

(1) The State Government shall, by notification in the Gazette appoint all the members of the First Committee or of a new Committee mentioned in clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 12, including the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman from amongst the persons, who in the opinion of the State Government are suitable to represent the different interests referred to under in sub-section (1) of Section 17. (2) The term of the First Committee shall be one year from the date of its constitution under sub-section (1), but the State Government may, in the public interest, extend or further extend its term, so however that the extended or further extended term shall come to an end on the date of the constitution of the Committee under Section 17. (3) The term of the office of the members of the First Committee, including its Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, shall be for such period as may be fixed by the State Government in this behalf, but it shall not exceed the term of the First Committee