(1) The Commission shall invite applications for enlistment of Consumer Representatives (CRs) through public advertisement in two (2) daily newspapers one in English Language and one in Hindi Language having wide circulation in the State, as the Commission deems fit, and shall also upload the Notice on its website:
Provided that applications shall, as far as practicable, be invited 30 days in advance of the expiry of authorization of Consumer Representatives (CRs).
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(2) An organization(s) or an individual person shall be authorized by the Commission as Institutional Consumer Representative (CR) or Individual Consumer Representative (CR) under these regulations on the recommendations of a Selection Committee.
(3) The Commission shall, subject to the terms and conditions as it may determine, form a Selection Committee for recommending the names for enlisting eligible persons to be authorised to represent the interests of the consumers in the proceedings before the Commission or to assist the Commission an any specific matter required to be dealt with under the Act;
(4) The Selection Committee shall submit its recommendations to the Commission on the suitability and eligibility of an applicant for becoming a Consumer Representative (CR) and the Commission may, on the recommendations of the Selection Committee, authorize the selected organization or individual person as Institutional Consumer Representative (CR) or Individual Consumer Representative (CR) under these regulations;
6 Publication of List of Authorized Consumer Representatives.- The Commission shall notify the name of the authorized CR by issuing notices in at least the same daily English and Hindi language newspapers through which the applications were invited and such information shall also be uploaded on the website of the Commission.