1 THE HARYANA ELECTRICITY REFORM ACT, 1997 ... - HIPA

PART IIHARYANA ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSIONEstablishment andConstitution of theCommission3. (1) For the purposes of this Act, within three months of the Act coming intoforce, the State Government shall establish by notification in the Official Gazette aCommission to be known as the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission, whichshall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal with power toacquire and hold property, movable and immovable, and shall, by the said name, beentitled to sue and be sued.(2) The Commission shall consist of three members to be appointed by the StateGovernment from persons selected by the selection committee constituted for thepurpose, in the manner provided in section 4 of this Act.(3) The person to be appointed as a member of the Commission for the first timefor a period of three years in terms of proviso to sub-section (1) of section 6 shall be thefirst Chairman of the Commission and thereafter at all times the most senior member ofthe Commission shall act as Chairman, such seniority being reckoned from the date ofthe appointment of the members. In case two or more person are selected at the sametime the seniority amongst them shall be determined by the State Government whilemaking the appointment.(4) When the Chairman of the Commission is unable to discharge the functionsowing to absence, illness or any other cause, the next senior member of theCommission shall discharge the functions of the Chairman, until the day on which theChairman assumes the charge of his functions.(5) No act or proceedings of the Commission shall be invalid by reason only ofthe existence of any vacancy among its members or any defect in the constitutionthereof.Constitution of theselection committee toselect members.4. (1) The State Government shall expeditiously constitute a selection committee,as often as may be required to select persons for appointment as members.(2) The selection committee shall consist of five members:-(i) the Vice Chancellor of a Haryana University--Chairman,(ii) a Member of the Haryana Public Service Commission -- Member,(iii) the Chairman or a Member of Central Electricity Authority -- Member,6