“16. Educational and other qualifications for appointment, pay, allowances and tenure as Member Secretary.-(1) The Government may appoint any serving officer from All India Services or in any services of the Central or State Government or Public Sector Undertaking or university or Government Research Institute or Autonomous or Statutory Body, on deputation, who is-
(i) holding a post on regular basis in the parent cadre or department in the pay scale of Level 13A in pay matrix of the Central Government or its equivalent in the State Government; or with two years of regular service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto on regular basis in the pay level of 13 in HARYANA GOVT. GAZ. , (EXTRA) NOV. 20, 2019 (KRTK. 29, 1941 SAKA) 834 the pay matrix of the Central Government or its equivalent in the State Government or equivalent in the parent cadre or department, or six years of service in the grade rendered after appointment thereto, on regular basis in the pay level of 12 in the pay matrix of the Central Government or equivalent in the cadre or department; and
(ii) possessing Post Graduation degree in Science or degree in Engineering from a recognized institute or university or its equivalent with knowledge and experience relating to environment.
(2) The Member Secretary shall be entitled to draw pay in his own pay-scale and other allowances admissible under the Haryana Government rules.
(3) The Member Secretary shall be on deputation as per State Government instructions.
(6) In the said rules, in rule 23,-
(i) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:- “(1) The Appellate Authority shall consist of either a single person or three persons appointed by the State Government,- (A) (i) in case of single person authority, the Appellate Authority shall consist of, either retired District and Session Judge or Administrative Secretary of Environment and Climate Change Department or a member of All India Services who is or has been in the service of Central or any State Government of the rank and equivalence of Principal Secretary and has experience in administering instructions dealing with matters related to the environment; or
(ii) in case of three persons, the Appellate Authority shall consist of one of the persons, indicated at
(i) above, who shall be designated as President of the Appellate Authority; and any two persons from the following category shall be appointed by the Government as Members,-
(a) Scientist having experience of fifteen years in the field of Environment Management equivalent to the status of group A services;
(b) Professional/Expert at least in the rank of Professor from the Department of Environment of a reputed university;
(c) Secretary/Director level of All India Services officer;
(d) Serving/Retired Engineer of not below the level of Superintending Engineer;
(e) Serving/retired Additional Director from Prosecution Department, Haryana;
(f) Retired District/Additional District and Session Judge;
(g) Administrative Secretary/Secretary of Forest or Irrigation Department.
In case, the President is a non-judicial person, in that case one of the two members shall be from judicial/prosecution side.
(B) The President of the authority shall be paid with an honorarium of one lakh rupees per month and members shall be paid fifty thousand rupees per month by the Government and the Government shall pay the travelling allowances of the Appellate Authority, at such rates as are admissible to Grade I officer of the Government.
(C) The term for President and Members of the Appellate Authority shall be for a period of two years.
(D) The President and/or members of the Appellate Authority may hold office till sixty-seven years of age.
(ii) for sub-rules (5) and (6), the following sub-rules shall be substituted, namely:- “(5) The fee payable for filing an appeal under section 28 of the Act shall be as decided by the Government from time to time. This fee shall be deposited with the Environment and Climate Change Department of the Government of Haryana before filing the appeal.
(6) The Head Quarter of the Appellate Authority shall be either Panchkula or Chandigarh, as decided by the Government. The Government shall also make the arrangements of the sitting, conducting and functioning of the Appellate Authority and other secretarial services.”.
DHEERA KHANDELWAL, Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana, Environment and Climate Change Department.
57491—L.R.—H.G.P., Chd.