Establishment of State Water Resources Regulatory Authority.

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(1) The Government may, within three months from the date of commencement of the Act, by notification, establish an Authority to be known as the ‘State Water Resources Regulatory Authority’ to exercise the powers conferred on, and to discharge the functions assigned to, it under the Act : Provided that till the Authority is established under this sub-section, the Administrative Secretary PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control may exercise the powers and discharge the functions of the Authority under the Act.
(2) The Authority established under sub-section (1) 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 movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by the said name, sue or be sued.
(3) The Head Office of the Authority shall be at such place as the Government may, by notification, specify.
(4) The Authority shall consist of a Chairperson and not more than three Members as may be prescribed.
(5) The Chairperson and Members of the Authority shall be appointed by the Government on the recommendations of a selection committee referred to in sub-section (1) of section 141.

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