Section 32 in Jammu and Kashmir Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 2018
32. Qualifications for appointment of Chairperson and Members of Appellate Tribunal.
(1)A person shall not be qualified for appointment as Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal unless he is a sitting or retired Judge of a High Court, who has completed not less than five years of service. (2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Member unless he-(a)in the case of a Judicial Member, has been a Member of the Jammu and Kashmir Legal (Gazetted) Service and has held the post of Secretary in that Service ;(b)in the case an Administrative Member, has been a Member of All India Service or the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services and has held the post of the Commissioner/Secretary to the Government or equivalent.(3)No sitting Judge of a High Court shall be appointed under this section except after consultation with the Chief Justice of the High Court.(4)The Chairperson or a Member holding a post as such in any other Tribunal, established under any law for the time being in force, in addition to his being the Chairperson or a Member of that Tribunal, may be appointed as the Chairperson or a Member, as the case may be, of the Appellate Tribunal under this Act.
