(1) The Selection Committee to prepare the panel of eligible candidates for appointment of non-official members of the National Authority shall comprise of the following, namely:-
(2) The Selection Committee to prepare the panel of eligible candidates for appointment of non-official members of the State Authority shall comprise of the following, namely:-
(i) Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India -Chairman;
(ii) One Secretary from any other Ministry of the Central Government to be nominated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India - Member;
(iii) One Chief Secretary from the State Government to be nominated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India -Member;
(iv) Director General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India -Member;
(v) Additional Director General of Forests (Forest Conservation), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India -Member;
(vi) Additional Director General of Forests (Wildlife), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India -Member;
(vii) Chief Executive Officer of the National Authority -Member- Secretary.
(i) Chief Secretary of the State -Chairman;
(ii) Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary in-charge of the Forest Department in the State -Member;
(iii) One Additional Chief Secretary or Principal Secretary or Secretary in the State Government nominated by the State Government.
-Member;
(iv) Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force) -Member;
(v) Chief Wildlife Warden of the State -Member;
(vi) Head of the concerned Regional Office of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change -Member;
(vii) Chief Executive Officer of the State Authority -Member- Secretary.
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18. Disqualifications of non-official members of National Authority and State Authority
(1) A person shall be disqualified for being appointed as a non-official member of the National Authority and State Authority, if he -
(i) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, involves moral turpitude; or
(ii) is an un-discharged insolvent; or
(iii) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by the competent court; or
(iv) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or other organisation or undertaking owned by the Government; or
(v) has, in the opinion of the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, such financial or other interest in the National Authority and State Authority, as the case may be, as is likely to affect the duties discharged by him as a member.
(2) No order of removal shall be made by the Central Government or the State Government under this section unless the member concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against the same.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, a member who has been removed under this section shall not be eligible for re-nomination as a member.
(4) If a non-official member of the National Authority or State Authority becomes subject to any of the disqualifications referred to in sub-rule (1), his seat shall become vacant.