Constitution of Authority.

(1) The Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette and with effect from such date, as may be specified in the notification, constitute, for the purposes of this Act, an Authority to be called the Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority with headquarter at such place, as the Government may, specify. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property both moveable and immovable and to contract and shall by the said name, sue or be sued. (3) The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely:- (i) Chief Minister, Haryana - Chairperson (ii) Minister In-charge, Irrigation and Water Resources Department - Senior Vice-Chairperson (iii) Minister In-charge, Development and Panchayats Department - Senior Vice-Chairperson (iv) A person of eminence in the field of water resources management with proven track record having minimum qualification of graduation, to be appointed by the Government - Executive Vice-Chairperson (v) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Finance Department - Member (vi) Additional Chief Secretary /Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Irrigation and Water Resources Department - Member (vii) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Development and Panchayats Department - Member (viii) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Rural Development Department - Member (ix) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Urban Local Bodies Department - Member (x) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department - Member (xi) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Public Health Engineering Department - Member (xii) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary to Government, Haryana, Environment and Climate Change Department - Member (xiii) Vice Chancellor, Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthal (Sonipat) - Member (xiv) Director, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra - Member (xv) An officer, who is or has been working on the post not below the rank of Engineer-in-Chief or equivalent in the Irrigation and Water Resources Department or Public Health Engineering Department of the State or Central Government, to be appointed by the Government as Technical Advisor - Member (xvi) Two persons from amongst experts/social workers in the field of environment, ecology or pond development and conservation, to be appointed by the Government - Non-Official Members (xvii) An officer who is or has been working on the post not below the rank of Chief Engineer or equivalent in the Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Public Health Engineering Department or Development and Panchayats Department of the State or Central Government. - Member Secretary