Not mandatory to appoint High Court Judge as a Chairperson of the State Electricity Commission

15
04/2018

Not mandatory to appoint High Court Judge as a Chairperson of the State Electricity Commission

The Supreme Court has clarified that it is mandatory that there should be a person of law as a Member of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, which requires a person, who is, or has been holding a judicial office or is a person possessing professional qualifications with substantial experience in the practice of law, who has the requisite qualifications to have been appointed as a Judge of the High Court or a District Judge.

Section 84(2) of the said Act is only an enabling provision to appoint a High Court Judge as a Chairperson of the State Commission of the said Act and it is not mandatory to do so.

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