law: Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 
  54.
  
   Qualifications for appointment as Presiding
  
  Officer.
  1.     
  
    A
  
  person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Presiding Officer of an
  
  Authority unless,-
  a.      he is or has been a
  
  District Judge; or
  b.     he is a qualified
  
  legal practitioner for not less than seven years.
  2.     
  
    A
  
  Presiding Officer shall be appointed by the appropriate Government in
  
  consultation with the Chief Justice of a High Court in whose jurisdiction the
  
  Authority is proposed to be established.