Bare ActsThe ODlSHA ELECTRICITY REFORMS ACT, 1995

Section 5

(1) Thc members

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(1) Thc members .of Ihe Commission shall be ,persons of ability, integrity * Conditions for appoint- and standing who * have adequate, know1ed:e or bxpericnce of, or havc , merit a.5 shown capacity In, ' 'deatiag ' 'with problcms reIatiog lo engineering, . economies, commerce, accountancy, Ian '6i administration and further Commission, that, at all times,- * (a) st lcast one member of the Commis,jion 5 1 4 1 be an electrial engineer 'Gtb experience df gcneratioa, irr.nsmission; distribution or supply of eleetric~ty;. and , . , - , - ( b ) at least one member of tbe Commis ii,on shall have qualiffcation in, and experience of, any OF th-c disciplines of tecoorr icc, conmerce, accountancy, law' or adniinktration. - . : (2) The selection arid appointment of the members of the Co~rnissi~n shall at all times be made strictly in accordance . wirh .. , the qualification and experience , mentioned in this rection. (3) A person shaII be disqualified from being appointed as a member of the Commission, if he .is a membtr . of Pdiqnent or of any State Legislature . . ' or any- lucal authority or holds any post in R political party, or if he' has any financial or othcr, interest, dirtctly or indirectly, in any privata company or undertaking dcaling with any or the bu~inecsess referred to in clause (a) of subsecti,on (4): . , (4) The persms who are considered for ap?ointment as memb~rs of the &mmission shall notify the coavcsor of the selection committee:- (a) of any office, employment or c?nsullancy agrermcnt or arrangement which he has in his own name or in any firm, association of persons or body corporate or in the names of any relative carrying on any of the following ? , . . busines-cs : (i) Generation, transmission, distribution c r supply of electricity ; (ii) Manufacture, sale or supply of zny fuel for generation of electricity; (iii) Manufacture, sale, lease, hire' or 0 therwise supply of or dealiog in m~chinery, plant, equipment, spparatu6 or fitting6 for the generation, ;ransmis?ion, distribution, su,pply or use of electricity; and . , . (iv) my prcviding sccvices to aany of the blrsiness referred to in sub-clauses (i), (Ii) and (iii) abovc. (b) Of such other details and information .. as , may be prescribed in the rules. , , (5) A11 details feceived from the persons rcferrcd to in sub-section (41 shall b placed for consideration of the, selection committee at thc time of selection and recommendation of the perion foi. appoihtmeut . . as member of the Com$s~i~n.- , . (6) Each mcmbcr of the Com~isslon shall, bcfore faking charge of the o5m as , member divest, himself from the rglerest in all cr -any of the businesses mentiorrod in (4) as 8 condition of his appoiptment. ' (7) If a person to be appointed as a member of the commission holds any dffice under the State Government or Central Government or in any public sector corporaiion of Government body he shah submit his resipation or take voluntary retirement from that service and shall not seek reappoi'n tmwt in .the service of the Stafe Government the Centrs 1 Government any public sector wrp?ration or Government body at BAY time after hc cezses . . . to be s member of the Cornmission_. , . (8) .So long as the person holds tbc office of a member of the Commission and aper he ceases to be a member of the Commission for any reason whatsoeVir, he shall not ; scquire, hold or maintain, direct1 y or indirectly any ofice, employment or consultancy ?rrangement or bu~ines e6 mentioned in subsection (4) and if he acquira any such ~nterest involuntarily r r by way of succession cr testamentary disposition he will divat himsclf fro;;^ such interest within a period of two months of such interest being acquired. , . (9 Befo~. appointing any. person as a. member of the Commission, the state J 'Goyernment shall satisfy itself that the person d o e not bavc any financial -or other interest as referred to in sub-section (3). Term of '

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