Rule 7 - Selection Committee to select President, etc. - Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Members (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1963

7 1 Selection Committee to select President, etc.:- The Selection Committee consisting of a sitting Supreme Court Judge, to be nominated by the Chief Justice of India, the President and the Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs), based on merit, shall recommend persons for appointment as President, Senior Vice-President and Vice-Presidents. ********* 1 Rule 7 C renumbered as Rule 7, and rules 7, 7 A and 7 B, omitted vide G.S.R. No. 174 (E) dated 10 th March, 2014. Prior to omission, Rule 7, published as Principal Rule in Gazette of India, vide G.S. R. No. 1265 dated 19.07.1963 and sub-rule 7 (1) substituted vide G.S. R. No. 283(E) dated 26 th April, 2004, read as under:- Rule 7- (1) The Central Government shall appoint the Senior Vice-President or one of the Vice-Presidents of the Appellate Tribunal to be the President thereof. (2) The appointment of the President may be in an officiating or substantive capacity . Prior to omission, Rule 7A, as inserted vide G.S. R. No. 4 dated 6 th January, 1973, read as under:- Rule 7 A- The Central Government may appoint from among the Members one or more persons as Vice-President or, as the case may be Vice-Presidents of the Tribunal to assist the President in the discharge of his functions . Prior to omission, Rule 7 B, as inserted vide G.S.R. No. 765 dated 24 th May, 1984, read as under:- Rule 7 B-The Senior Vice-President: The Central Govt. may appoint one of the Vice-Presidents of the Appellate Tribunal appointed under rule 7A, to be the Senior Vice-President thereof .