law: Electricity Act, 2003
  70. Constitution,
  
  etc., of Central Electricity Authority.-
  1.     
  
    There
  
  shall be a body to be called the Central Electricity Authority to exercise such
  
  functions and perform such duties as are assigned to it under this Act.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Central Electricity Authority, established under section 3 of the Electricity
  
  (Supply) Act, 1948 (54 of 1948) and functioning as such immediately before the
  
  appointed date, shall be the Central Electricity Authority for the purposes of
  
  this Act and the Chairperson, Members, Secretary and other officers and
  
  employees thereof shall be deemed to have been appointed under this Act and
  
  they shall continue to hold office on the same terms and conditions on which
  
  they were appointed under the Electricity (Supply) Act, 1948.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  Authority shall consist of not more than fourteen Members (including its
  
  Chairperson) of whom not more than eight shall be full-time Members to be
  
  appointed by the Central Government.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  Central Government may appoint any person, eligible to be appointed as Member
  
  of the Authority, as the Chairperson of the Authority, or, designate one of the
  
  full time Members as Chairperson of the Authority.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  Members of the Authority shall be appointed from amongst persons of ability,
  
  integrity and standing who have knowledge of, and adequate experience and
  
  capacity in, dealing with problems relating to engineering, finance, commerce,
  
  economics or industrial matters, and at least one Member shall be appointed
  
  from each of the following categories, namely:-
  a.      engineering with
  
  specialisation in design, construction, operation and maintenance of generating
  
  stations;
  b.     engineering with
  
  specialisation in transmission and supply of electricity;
  c.      applied research in
  
  the field of electricity;
  d.     applied economics,
  
  accounting, commerce or finance.
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  6.     
  
    The
  
  Chairperson and all the Members of the Authority shall hold office during the
  
  pleasure of the Central Government.
  7.     
  
    The
  
  Chairperson shall be the Chief Executive of the Authority.
  8.     
  
    The
  
  headquarters of the Authority shall be at Delhi.
  9.     
  
    The
  
  Authority shall meet at the head office or any other place at such time as the
  
  Chairperson may direct, and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to
  
  the transaction of business at its meetings (including the quorum at its
  
  meetings) as it may specify.
  10.  
  
    The
  
  Chairperson, or if he is unable to attend a meeting of the Authority, any other
  
  Member nominated by the Chairperson in this behalf and in the absence of such
  
  nomination or where there is no Chairperson, any Member chosen by the Members
  
  present from among themselves shall preside at the meeting.
  11.  
  
    All
  
  questions which come up before any meeting of the Authority shall be decided by
  
  a majority of votes of the Members present and voting, and in the event of an
  
  equality of votes, the Chairperson or the person presiding shall have the right
  
  to exercise a second or casting vote.
  12.  
  
    All
  
  orders and decisions of the Authority shall be authenticated by the Secretary
  
  or any other officer of the Authority duly authorised by the Chairperson in
  
  this behalf.
  13.  
  
    No
  
  act or proceeding of the Authority shall be questioned or shall be invalidated
  
  merely on the ground of existence of any vacancy in, or any defect in, the
  
  constitution of, the Authority.
  14.  
  
    The
  
  Chairperson of the Authority and other full-time Members shall receive such
  
  salary and allowances as may be determined by the Central Government and other
  
  Members shall receive such allowances and fees for attending the meetings of
  
  the Authority, as the Central Government may prescribe.
  15.  
  
    The
  
  other terms and conditions of service of the Chairperson and Members of the
  
  Authority including, subject to the provisions of sub-section (6), their terms
  
  of office shall be such as the Central Government may prescribe.