Composition of Appellate Authority

(1) The Appellate Authority shall consist of one Chairman, one administrative and one technical member for the purposes of this Act. The Chairman of the Appellate Authority shall be drawn from the pool of retired officers having served not below the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. (2) The administrative member shall be a person of eminence in public life having wide knowledge and experience of not less than twenty five years in the field, namely, public policy, public affairs, social services, law, management, administration or governance. (3) The technical member to be appointed shall be an expert in the field of information technology and the like, having related qualification and experience in his field of not less than twenty five years: Provided that no member of an Appellate Authority shall be a Member of Parliament or Legislature of any State or Union territory nor shall hold any office connected with any political party.