Membership of the Executive Council.

(1) The Executive Council shall consist of the following members, namely:— (a) the Chairman of the Board; (b) the Chairman of the Bar Council of India or his nominee; (c) one Judge of High Court to be nominated by the Board; (d) the Chief Justice of the High Court of Bombay or his nominee Judge; (e) the senior most Judge-in-Charge of the High Court of Bombay at Goa; (f) the Advocate General of Goa; (g) nine persons nominated by the Bar Council of India Trust from amongst the distinguished men of letters, educationists of repute, members of the learned professions or eminent public persons from the field of management, medical or other occupations and/or the members of State Bar Council(s); (h) the Secretary (Finance) to the Government; (i) the Secretary (Law) to the Government; (j) three members nominated by the Bar Council of India Trust from amongst its Managing Trustees and/or Associate Managing Trustees; (k) three Professors of the University nominated by the Vice-Chancellor in consultation of the Board; (l) the Vice-Chancellor; (m) the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (if appointed in the University by the Board); (n) the Secretary; (o) the Director-in-Chief nominated by the Board as a special invitee; (p) the Director/Director(s); and (q) the Chief Finance and Accounts Officer (without having voting rights). (2) The Chairman of the Board shall be the Chairperson of the Executive Council: Provided that an employee of the University and/or the Bar Council of India except the members at sub-clauses (1)(l), (1)(m), (1)(o) and (1)(p), shall not be eligible for nomination under sub-clause (1). (3) The Chairperson of the Executive Council may invite any educationist, judge, social worker, minister, bureaucrat and/or advocate as a special invitee to attend any meeting of the Executive Council. Special invitees shall have no voting rights. (4) The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Council and he shall discharge all the functions and exercise all the powers of the Executive Council, if the Chairperson of the Executive Council issues such directions to him. However, all the decisions of Vice-Chancellor shall require the approval of the Executive Council in its next meeting.