law: Electricity Act, 2003
  82. Constitution of
  
  State Commission.-
  1.     
  
    Every
  
  State Government shall, within six months from the appointed date, by
  
  notification, constitute for the purposes of this Act, a Commission for the
  
  State to be known as the (name of the State) Electricity Regulatory Commission:
  Provided
  
  that  
  
  the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, established by a State Government
  
  under section 17 of the Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act, 1998 and the
  
  enactments specified in the Schedule, and functioning as such immediately
  
  before the appointed date, shall be the State Commission for the purposes of
  
  this Act and the Chairperson, Members, Secretary, and officers and other
  
  employees thereof shall continue to hold office, on the same terms and
  
  conditions on which they were appointed under those Acts:
  Provided
  
  further that  
  
  the Chairperson and other Members of the State Commission appointed, before the
  
  commencement of this Act, under the Electricity Regulatory Commissions Act,
  
  1998 or under the enactments specified in the Schedule, may, on the
  
  recommendations of the Selection Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of
  
  section 85, be allowed to opt for the terms and conditions under this Act by
  
  the concerned State Government.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    The
  
  State Commission shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having
  
  perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose
  
  of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and shall, by the said
  
  name, sue or be sued.
  3.     
  
    The
  
  head office of the State Commission shall be at such place as the State
  
  Government may, by notification, specify.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  State Commission shall consist of not more tan three Members, including the
  
  Chairperson.
  5.     
  
    The
  
  Chairperson and Members of the State Commission shall be appointed by the State
  
  Government on the recommendation of a Selection Committee referred to in
  
  section 85.