National Green Tribunal Act 2010 – s. 11 – To act as Chairperson of tribunal – Held: Section 11 contemplates that the Central Government shall upon the term of the Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal having ended in such an eventuality notify a judicial member of the tribunal to act as Chairperson until a regular appointment is made – Making of an interim arrangement is necessitated in order to enable the acting Chairperson to participate in the selection process for filling up vacancies of members of the NGT – Central Government would abide by the same – By an office order, the then Chairperson of the National Green Tribunal had formulated the seniority inter se among the judicial members and expert members of the Tribunal – Ends of justice would be met, if the notification of the acting Chairperson u/s. 11 is made in terms of the seniority indicated in the office order – Justice Jawad Rahim to discharge the duties of Chairperson for all purposes, until a regular appointment of a new Chairperson is made – This would be in the nature of an interim arrangement.
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