law: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006
  4. Qualifications for
  
  appointment of Chairperson and other members.-
  1.  The
  
  Central Government shall appoint the Chairperson and other members of the Board
  
  from amongst persons of eminence in the fields of petroleum and natural gas
  
  industry, management, finance, law, administration or consumer affairs:
  
  Provided that no person shall be appointed as Member (Legal) unless he-
  a.   is qualified to be a
  
  Judge of a High Court; or
  b.   has been a member of
  
  the Indian Legal Service and has held a post inGrade I of that Service for at
  
  least three years.
  2.  
  
    The
  
  Central Government shall, for the purposes of selecting the Chairperson and
  
  after members of the Board and for preparing a panel of persons to be
  
  considered for appointment as the Technical Member (Petroleum and Natural Gas)
  
  of the Appellate Tribunal, constitute a Search Committee consisting of-
   
  
   i.  
  
    Member,
  
  Planning Commission in charge of the energy sector - Chairperson;
  Secretary
  
  to the Government of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas - Member;
   
  
   iii.  
  
  
  
    Secretary
  
  to the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs
  
  - Member;
   
  
   iv.  
  
    Secretary
  
  to the Government of India in charge of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and
  
  Industry - Member; and
   
  
   v.  
  
    Secretary
  
  to the Government of India, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and
  
  Justice - Member.