Meet to pick UPERC chairman on Mar 16

LUCKNOW: The high-level search committee, headed by retired high court judge and state law commission chairman justice AN Mittal will meet here on March 16 to pick the right candidates for the vacant post of the chairman and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC), government sources familiar with the developments said here on Tuesday.

Around one and half dozen retired or serving IAS officers are in the race for the post of chairman, a semi-judicial position that comes with a secure tenure of five years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65 years.

As per rules, the search committee will prepare a panel of two names each for both the posts and send the same to the chief minister who would approve one name each that he considered to be the most suitable. Sources said apart from a serving official of the commission, retired IAS officers, including a former chief secretary, were among the front runners for the top position of the chairman of the state’s power regulator.