OBL-52: Board Digital-by-Design Proceedings (Rules 17–21)
Interfaces with the Board's digital portal for electronic filing, service, and virtual hearings.
Statutory scope: Rules 17 to 21 — institutional Rules, not proof of operation · Assigned to Legal / board secretariat · Systems: Governance register; no live Board system asserted
Recommended interface: Substitute recruitment for appointment or mix actor/commencement dates; expected outcome is rejected institutional assertion and a source-review action.
Substitute recruitment for appointment or mix actor/commencement dates; expected outcome is rejected institutional assertion and a source-review action.
Governance & Architecture
Verification Specification & Workpaper
proposed per-row review/acceptance specification; not a claim of executed statutory coverage
populated hypothetical decision/specimen; not actual enterprise execution
Canonical Statutory Grounding
Source references verified against the official Gazette of India publication baseline.
Central Government; Search-cum-Selection Committees
Appointments
Different committee chairs/membership for Chairperson vs other members; Government considers recommendations and appoints.
Committee vacancies/absences/defects alone do not invalidate.
Chairperson and Members
Service
Fifth Schedule salary/allowances/conditions.
Not an appointment notification.
Board; Chairperson; Members
Meetings and inquiry
Quorum one-third; majority/casting vote; conflicts; urgent action notified within seven days/ratification; authenticate; six-month inquiry extendible three months at a time with reasons.
Underlying s27/28 commencement remains separate.
Board
Digital functioning
Digital office may use techno-legal measures avoiding physical presence.
Summoning/examining on oath power preserved.
Board; Central Government
Staff appointment
Prior approval; Sixth Schedule service conditions.
Separate from member composition.