Rule 3 - Qualifications for recruitment. - CESTAT members (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1987

RULE 3. Qualifications for recruitment. - (1) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a judicial member unless- (i) he has for at least ten years held a judicial office in the territory of India; or (ii) he has been a member of the Indian Legal Service and has held a post in Grade I of that service or any equivalent or higher post for at least three years; or (iii) he has been an advocate for at least ten years. Explanation . - A For the purpose of this sub- rule,- (a) in computing the period during which a person has held judicial office in the territory of India, there shall be included any period, after he has held any judicial office, during which the person has been an advocate or has held the office of a member of a Tribunal or any post, under the union or a state, requiring special knowledge of law; (ii) in computing the period during which a person has been an advocate, there shall be included any period during which the person has held a judicial office or the office of a member of any Tribunal or any post, under the Union or a state, requiring special knowledge of law after he became an advocate. (2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a member unless he has been a member of the Indian Customs and Central Excise Service Group 'A' and has held the post of 1 [Principal Commissioner or Commissioner as the case may be] of customs or Central Excise or any equivalent or higher post for at least three years. (3) No person shall be qualified for appointment as a member of the Tribunal unless he has attained the age of 45 years. ---------------- Notes:- 1. Substituted vide Not. 23/2014 - Dated 6-8-2014.