Establishment and constitution of the Tea Board
Section 4 of the Tea Act, 1953 deals with establishment and constitution of the Tea Board. With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act a Board to be called the Tea Board. The Act came into force on 01 Apr 1956.
(1) With effect from such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf, there shall be established for the purposes of this Act a Board to be called the Tea Board.
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract, and shall by the said name sue and be sued.
(3) The Board shall consist of a Chairman and such number of other members not exceeding forty as the Central Government may think expedient, to be appointed by that Government by notification in the Official Gazette from among persons who are in its opinion capable of representing,
(a) owners of tea estates and gardens and growers of tea;
(b) persons employed in tea estates and gardens;
(c) manufacturers of tea;
(d) dealers including both exporters and internal traders of tea;
(e) consumers;
(f) Parliament;
(g) the Governments of the principal tea-growing States;
(h) such other persons or class of persons, who, in the opinion of the Central Government, ought to be represented on the Board.
1[(3A) It is hereby declared that the office of member of the Board shall not disqualify its holder for being chosen as, or for being, a member of either House of Parliament.]
(4) The number of persons to be appointed as members from each of the categories specified in subsection (3), the term of office of, the procedure to be followed in the discharge of their functions by, and the manner of filling vacancies among, the members of the Board shall be such as may be prescribed.
(5) Any officer of the Central Government when deputed by that Government in this behalf shall have the right to attend meetings of the Board and take part in the proceedings thereof but shall not be entitled to vote.
Section 4, The Tea Act, 1953 (Act 29 of 1953).
Cross-references
Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.
Referred to by 12
- Fertiliser (Control) Order 1985 s. 2
- Finance Act s. 7 Insertion of new section 33AB
- Finance Act s. 7 Amendment of section 32AB
- Finance Act s. 10 Substitution of new section for section 33AB
- Finance Act s. 6 Amendment of section 10
- Income-tax Act s. 10 Incomes not included in total income
- Income-tax Act s. 32AB Investment deposit account
- Income-tax Act s. 33AB Tea development account ,coffee development account and rubber development account
- Income-tax Rules s. 8A Conditions for the grant of development allowance
- Odisha Offices of Profit (Removal of Disqualifications) Act s. 5
- s. 3 Definitions
- s. 49 Power of Central Government to make rules
Related judgements & precedents
These are some judgments that construed this section, and hold precedence value. They hold authority on how to read, interpret and use this section.
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Stanes Amalgamated Estates Limited & Ors. v. Tea Board of India & Anr.
Court's Decision & Legal Precedent
The Tea Board, constituted under s.4 of the Tea Act, 1953 to carry out the Act’s purposes, cannot arbitrarily exhaust subsidy funds by nepotistic disbursement and then deny similarly situated planters on a ‘no right to subsidy / funds exhausted’ plea; once a scheme is floated and funds are available, legitimate-expectation and Article 14 good-administration standards require the Board to process Orthodox Tea Plucking and Replanting claims fairly (pro rata or by stated criteria) and pay the petitioners.
On this section: Teaching fill on s.4 Board constitution: the Board’s statutory corporate role carries duties of fair, predictable administration of industry-support schemes floated under the Act.
The holding above is the ratio decidendi as extracted from the judgment by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered — it is a rendering of the court's reasoning, not a substitute for its words. Read the order itself before relying on it.
Made under this section, and citing it
1 instrument states that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.
Another 3 instruments name this provision in its title or its text without being made under it.
Questions about Section 4
What have the courts held on Section 4 of the Tea Act?
Stanes Amalgamated Estates Limited & Ors. v. Tea Board of India & Anr. (02 Jun 2025) is the leading judgment on this section among those set out below: Teaching fill on s.4 Board constitution: the Board’s statutory corporate role carries duties of fair, predictable administration of industry-support schemes floated under the Act.
How do I find court cases under Section 4 of the Tea Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Tea Act 1953 4, section 4 Tea Act 1953, section 4 of the Tea Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome. 1 reported judgment on this section is set out on this page, beginning with Stanes Amalgamated Estates Limited & Ors. v. Tea Board of India & Anr. (02 Jun 2025).
What should I read with Section 4 of the Tea Act, and has it changed?
12 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there is one: most recently The Tea Rules, 1954 (1954).
When did Section 4 of the Tea Act come into force?
Section 4 of the Tea Act, cited as Tea Act 1953 4, came into force on 01 Apr 1956, having been enacted on 28 May 1953. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 49. Power of Central Government to make rules825 words
- 16D. Power of Central Government to assume management or control of tea undertaking or tea unit in certain cases621 words
- 30. Power to control price and distribution of tea or tea waste531 words
- 51. Repeals and savings526 words
- 16B. Power to cause investigation to be made in relation to a tea undertaking or tea unit449 words
- 15. Grant of permission to plant tea in special circumstances443 words
Source and method. Compiled from the enactments of Parliament and of the State legislatures as published on India Code, and republished together with commentary and other original matter under section 52(1)(q)(ii) of the Copyright Act, 1957. Structured, cross-referenced and maintained by eCourtsIndia. Text as in force on 17 Oct 2026. This page is not a substitute for legal advice.