Section 13. Search-cum-Selection Committees.

(1) For the purpose of the selection of the Chairpersons and Members of the Tribunals specified in the First Schedule, the Commission shall constitute Searchcum-Selection Committees as may be required. (2) A Search-cum-Selection Committee in the case of selection of the Chairperson of a Tribunal shall consist of the following, namely:– (a) a Chairperson, who shall be the Chairperson of the Commission; (b) one Member, who shall be a Technical Member of the Commission; (c) one Member, who shall be a retired Chief Justice of a High Court nominated by the Chairperson of the Commission; (d) one Member, who is a Secretary to the Government of India nominated by the Central Government: Provided that in case of appointment to the post of Chairperson of the State Administrative Tribunals, the Chief Secretary to the State Government concerned shall be the Member; (e) two Members, who are experts empanelled under section 15 who carried out the assessment of the suitability of candidates; and (f) one Member Secretary, who shall be the Secretary to the Commission. (3) A Search-cum-Selection Committee in the case of selection of the Members of a Tribunal shall consist of the following, namely:– (a) a Chairperson, who shall be a Judicial Member of the Commission; (b) one Member, who shall be a Technical Member of the Commission; (c) one Member, who shall be a retired Judge of a High Court nominated by the Chairperson of the Commission; (d) one Member, who is a Secretary to the Government of India nominated by the Central Government: Provided that in case of appointment to the post of Members of the State Administrative Tribunals, the Chief Secretary to the State Government concerned shall be the Member; (e) two Members, who are experts empanelled under section 15 who carried out the assessment of the suitability of candidates; and (f) one Member Secretary, who shall be the Secretary to the Commission. (4) The Chairperson of the Search-cum-Selection Committee shall have the casting vote. (5) The Member Secretary and the expert Members shall not have any vote. (6) The Search-cum-Selection Committee, after the selection process, shall forward its recommendation to the Central Government through the Secretariat. (7) No act or proceeding of a Search-cum-Selection Committee shall be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Committee.