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(1) The Chairperson and Members shall be appointed by the Governor after obtaining the recommendations of a Selection Committee consisting of— (a) the Chief Minister — Chairperson; (b) the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly — Member; (c) the Leader of Opposition Legislative Assembly — Member; (d) the Chief Justice of Uttarakhand or a Judge of the High Court nominated by him — Member; (e) one eminent jurist nominated by the Governor Recommended by chairperson & member of sub-section (a) to (d) — Member. (2) No appointment of a Chairperson or a Member shall be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in the Selection Committee. (3) The Selection Committee shall for the purposes of selecting the Chairperson and Members of the Lokayukta and for preparing a panel of persons to be considered for appointment as such, constitute a Search Committee consisting of at least three prestigious persons of standing and having special knowledge and expertise in the matters relating to anti- corruption policy, public administration, vigilance, policy making, finance including insurance and banking, law and management or in any other matter which, in the opinion of the Selection Committee, may be useful in making the selection of the Chairperson and Members of the Lokayukta the search committee recommended 3 times name of the Chairperson and members of the Lokayukta. {Provided that for the selection of the first chairperson and members of the Lokayukta, as per direction of the selection committee, the search committee shall be constituted; }1 Provided further that Selection Committee may also consider any person other than the persons recommended by the Search Committee. (4) The Selection Committee shall regulate its own procedure in a transparent 55 manner for selecting the Chairperson and Members of the Lokayukta . (5) The term of the Search Committee referred to in sub-section (3), the fees and allowances payable to its members and the manner of selection of panel of names shall be such as may be prescribed. Filling of vacancies of Chairperso n or Members