Section 13 of The Tribunals Reforms Act, 2026 — Search-cum-Selection Committees
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- (1)For the purpose of the selection of the Chairpersons and Members of the Tribunals specified in the First Schedule, the Commission shall constitute Search-cum-Selection Committees as may be required.
- (2)A Search-cum-Selection Committee in the case of selection of the Chairperson of a Tribunal shall consist of the following, namely:,
- (a)a Chairperson, who shall be the Chairperson of the Commission;
- (b)one Member, who shall be a Technical Member of the Commission;
- (c)one Member, who shall be a retired Chief Justice of a High Court nominated by the Chairperson of the Commission;
- (d)one Member, who is a Secretary to the Government of India nominated by the Central Government: Provided that in case of appointment to the post of Chairperson of the State Administrative Tribunals, the Chief Secretary to the State Government concerned shall be the Member;
- (e)two Members, who are experts empanelled under section 15 who carried out the assessment of the suitability of candidates; and
- (f)one Member Secretary, who shall be the Secretary to the Commission.
- (3)A Search-cum-Selection Committee in the case of selection of the Members of a Tribunal shall consist of the following, namely:,
- (a)a Chairperson, who shall be a Judicial Member of the Commission;
- (b)one Member, who shall be a Technical Member of the Commission;
- (c)one Member, who shall be a retired Judge of a High Court nominated by the Chairperson of the Commission;
- (d)one Member, who is a Secretary to the Government of India nominated by the Central Government: Provided that in case of appointment to the post of Members of the State Administrative Tribunals, the Chief Secretary to the State Government concerned shall be the Member;
- (e)two Members, who are experts empanelled under section 15 who carried out the assessment of the suitability of candidates; and
- (f)one Member Secretary, who shall be the Secretary to the Commission.
- (4)The Chairperson of the Search-cum-Selection Committee shall have the casting vote.
- (5)The Member Secretary and the expert Members shall not have any vote.
- (6)The Search-cum-Selection Committee, after the selection process, shall forward its recommendation to the Central Government through the Secretariat.
- (7)No act or proceeding of a Search-cum-Selection Committee shall be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Committee.