Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
54.
Qualifications for appointment as Presiding
Officer.
1.
A
person shall not be qualified for appointment as the Presiding Officer of an
Authority unless,-
a. he is or has been a
District Judge; or
b. he is a qualified
legal practitioner for not less than seven years.
2.
A
Presiding Officer shall be appointed by the appropriate Government in
consultation with the Chief Justice of a High Court in whose jurisdiction the
Authority is proposed to be established.