law: Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
  53. Analysts.
  
  
  (1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,
  
  appoint such persons as it thinks fit and having the prescribed qualifications
  
  to be Government analysts for the purpose of analysis of samples of water or of
  
  sewage or trade effluent sent for analysis to any laboratory established or
  
  specified under sub-section (1) of section 51.
  (2) The State Government may, be notification
  
  in the Official Gazette, appoint such persons as it thinks fit and having the
  
  prescribed qualifications to be Government analysts for the purpose of analysis
  
  of samples of water or of sewage or trade effluent sent for analysis to any
  
  laboratory established or specified under sub-section (1) of section 52.
  (3) Without prejudice to the provisions of
  
  sub-section (3) of section 12, the Central Board or, as the case may be, the State
  
  Board may, by notification in the Official Gazette, and with the approval of
  
  the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, appoint
  
  such persons as it thinks fit and having the prescribed qualifications to be
  
  Board analysts for the purpose of analysis of samples of water or of sewage or
  
  trade effluent sent for analysis to any laboratory established or recognized
  
  under section 16, as the case may be, under section 17.