The standing of the Museum Main Committee remained ad-hoc and had no legal status. It was all along envisaged that in the near future the Museum & Art Gallery would be managed by an independent Board. Thus, on 7th August 1972, an enactment known as the State Museum Board Enactment 1972, was passed at the State Legislative Assembly whereby a proper Board of Management was set-up and the Museum & Art Gallery became a Statutory Body.