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Cantonment Board is a body corporate created under a central statute called Cantonments Act 2006, working under the administrative control of the ministry of defence and entrusted with the municipal and developmental functions in respect of a cantonment. The Board is constituted under section 12 of the cantonment act through procedure prescribed therein.
Fatehgarh Cantonment Board has been constituted in accordance with section 12(4) being a class-II cantonment. However presently the Board has been varied in accordance with section 13 of the act ibid and its constitution has been changed in accordance with the section 13(2) as a temporary measure. |
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The officer commanding the station is the ex-officio president of the cantonment Board unless directed otherwise by the central government. The president holds the office for a period commensurate with his tenure as station commander.
The president controls, directs and supervises the financial and executive administration of the Board. All the meetings of the Board are presided over by him and he is directly responsible for the fulfillment of the purpose of the cantonment act. Brig Samarjeet Singh, Station Commander RRC is presently holding the office of the president. |
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