2nd panel under SC judge to look for power tribunal chief
NEW DELHI: The Centre has set up a second search committee headed by Supreme Court judge, Justice D Y Chandrachud, who will take over as Chief Justice of India on November 9, to select the next chairman of APTEL (Appellate Tribunal for Electricity), nearly 16 months after the top adjudicating body for power and oil sectors was rendered headless.
According to government notification, the committee will have petroleum and renewable energy secretaries as well as S S Shinde, former Chief Justice of the Rajasthan high court, as members.
The APTEL move comes even as another top power sector regulatory body, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), remains headless since June when P K Pujari, who was appointed in February 2018 after retiring as power secretary, completed an extended term at the commission.
