Following is the text of the Gazette Notification issued by the Government constituting the Joint Drafting Committee comprising ministers and civil society activists to prepare the draft Lokpal Bill.
“The Joint Drafting Committee shall consist of five nominee ministers of the Government of India and five nominees of Mr Anna Hazare (including himself).
The five nominee Ministers of the Government of India are as under:
Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister of Finance, Mr P. Chidambaram, Union Minister of Home Affairs, Mr M. Veerappa Moily, Union Minister of Law and Justice, Mr Kapil Sibal, Union Minister of Human Resource and Development and Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Mr Salman Khursheed, Union Minister of Water Resources and Minister of Minority Affairs.
The five nominees of Mr Anna Hazare (including himself) are as under:
Mr Anna Hazare, Justice Mr N. Santosh Hegde, Mr Shanti Bhushan, Senior Advocate, Mr Prashan Bhushan, Advocate and Mr Arvind Kejriwal.
The Chairperson of the Joint Drafting Committee shall be Mr Pranab Mukherjee. The Co-Chairperson of the Joint Drafting Committee shall be Mr Shanti Bhushan. The Convenor of the Join Drafting Committee shall be Mr M. Veerappa Moily.
The Joint Drafting Committee shall commence its work forthwith and evolve its own procedure to prepare the proposed legislation. It shall complete its work latest by 30th June, 2011.”