(1) President of the State Commission may be appointed on whole time basis or by assigning additional charge to a silting judge of the High Court,
Provided that appointment of a silting High Court Judge, either on whole time basis or on additional charge basis, shall not be made without the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court,
(2) Members of the State Commission shall be appointed either by
(a) direct appointment; or
(b) on deputation from amongst the Government servants, who are qualified to hold the post.
ProVided that a serving JudiCIal office shall not be appointed without the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court.
Provided further that where the pendency of complaints and appeals at the starting of the year before the State Commission does not exceed five hundred or the average number of complaints and appeals filed in the last three years does not exceed five hundred, the appointment may be made on part-time basis.
(3) Members appointed on part-time basis shall function for such number of days in a week as may be decided by the President of the State Commission in consultation with the Chandigarh Administration, taking into consideration the work load of the State Commission.
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pr sldont(s) And Membor(s) whllo octlng or purporting to oclln pur u nco of ony of thO provIsions of this Act, shall b doom d to bo public B rvont within tht) monnlna of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Codo, s. Solectlon of the President nnd Membors of District Forn. _
(1) Mailers relating to appointment of President ond Membors of Dlatrlct Foro oholl bo processed by the President of the Stato Commission.
(2) The process of appointments shall bo Initiated at least six monlha bofor tho vacancy arises.
(3) If a post falls vacant due to resignation or death of a President or a Member or creation of a new post, the process for filling the post shall be Initialed Immediately after the post has fallen vacant or is created, as the caso may be
(4) The Advertisement of a vacancy, Inviting applications for the posts from ollglble candidates will be pUblished in leading newspapers and also clrculatod In such other manner as the President of the State Commission may deem appropriate.
(5) Selection of President and Members of District Fora shall be made by the Selection Commillee constituted under sub-section (1 A) of section 10 of the Act.
(6) After scrutiny of the applications received till the last date specified for receipt of applications, a list of eligible candidates along with their applications shall be placed before the Selection Committee.
(7) The Selection Commillee shall short-list the applicants in the following manner, namely -
(a) In case of candidates having judicial background, on the basis of the judgments and other judicial orders passed by such candidates;
(b) In case of candidates having experience of working under the Central Government or any State Government or an undertaking under the Central Government or the State Government, on the basis of their available Annual Confidential Reports for the last ten years and their experience relevant to the post applied for;
(c) In other cases, on the basis of performance in a written test consisting of two papers as per the following scheme. The qualifying marks in each paper shall be 50%:
Paper Topics Paper-I (a) General Knowledge and current affairs
(b) Knowledge of Constitution of India
(c) Knowledge of various Consumer related Laws as indicated in the schedule Nature of test Max.marks Duration Objective Type 100 2 hours Paper-II (a) One Essay on topics chosen from issues on trade & commerce, consumer related issues or Public Affairs.
(b) One case study of a consumer case for testing the abilities of analysis and cogent drafting of orders, Descriptive 100 type 3 hours
(8) The selection committee shall interview all shortlisted candidates in which marks may be awarded giving due weightage to the personality, relevant past experience, knowledge of law, special achievements, aptitude and vision for the assignment to be taken up.
Scanned with CamScanner The selection committee shall recommend a panel of names of candidates for appointment as President or Member, as the case may be, from amongst the candidates in the order of merit for consideration of the Chandigarh Administration.
(10) The Chandigarh Administration shall verify or cause to be verified the credentials and antecedents of the recommended candidates.
(11) Every appointment of a President or Member shall be sUbject to submission of a certificate of physical fitness as indicated in the annexure signed by a civil surgeon or Medical Officer.
(12) Before appointment, the selected applicant shall have to furnish an undertaking that . " "k Iy to affed he does not and Will not have any such financial or other Interest as IS I e prejudicially his functions as President or Member,