Conditions for appointment as member of the Commission

(1) The members of the Commission shall be persons of ability, integrity and standing who have adequate knowledge or experience of, or have shown capacity in dealing with problems relating to engineering, economics, commerce, finance, law, administration or management. (1) ... commerce, finance, accountancy, law or administration and that at all times the selection and appointment shall be made in accordance with the qualifications and experience specified below:- (i) one member shall be a graduate electrical engineer with adequate experience in generation or transmission or distribution of electricity; (ii) two members shall have graduate qualification with specialisation and adequate experience in any of the disciplines like law, economics, commerce, finance, accountancy or administration: Provided that at any point of time the Commission shall not consist of more than one member from the same discipline: Provided further that persons below the age of fifty five years shall not be eligible for appointment as Chairman or member, as the case may be. (2) A person shall be disqualified from being appointed a member of the Commission if he is a member of Parliament or of any State Legislature or any local authority or holds any post in a political party or if he has any financial or other interest, directly or indirectly, in any private company or undertaking dealing with any of the business referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (3) subject to the conditions specified in sub-section (5). (3) The persons who are considered for appointment as members of the Commission shall intimate the convenor of the selection committee,- (a) of any office, employment or consultancy agreement or arrangement which he has in his own name or in any firm, association of persons or body corporate, or in the names of any relative, carrying on any of the following businesses, namely:- (i) generation, transmission, distribution or supply of electricity; (ii) manufacture, sale or supply of any fuel for generation of electricity; (iii) manufacture, sale, lease, hire or otherwise; supply of or dealing in machinery, plant, equipment, apparatus or fittings for the generation, transmission, distribution, supply or use of electricity; and (iv) any entity providing professional services to any of the businesses referred to in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above; (b) such other details and information as may be prescribed in the rules. Explanation:- For the purpose of this section the term relative shall have the same meaning as defined under section 6 of the Companies Act, 1956. (4) The details received from the persons shall be placed for consideration of the selection committee at the time of selection and recommendation of the person for appointment as member. (5) Each member of the Commission shall, before taking charge of the office as member or within such time not exceeding three months after taking charge as may be allowed by the State Government on the recommendation of the selection committee, divest himself from the interest in the businesses mentioned in sub-section (3) of this section as a condition of his appointment. (6) If a person to be appointed as a member of the Commission holds any office under the State or Central Government or any public sector corporation or any Government body, he shall submit his resignation or take voluntary retirement from that service and shall not seek reappointment in the service of the State Government or any Government corporation or body dealing with the power sector in Telangana at any time within a period of two years after he ceases to be a member of the Commission. (7) So long as the person holds the office of the member and for a period of two years after he ceases to be a member for any reason whatsoever, he shall not acquire, hold or maintain, directly or indirectly any office, employment or consultancy arrangement or businesses mentioned in sub-section (3) of this section within or outside the State and if he acquires any such interest involuntarily or by way of succession or testamentary disposition he will divest himself from such interest within a period of three months of such interest being acquired. (8) Before recommending any person as a member of the Commission, the selection committee, shall satisfy itself that the person does not have any financial or other interest as referred to in sub-section (3) or otherwise which is likely to affect prejudicially his functions as a member.