Whereas the draft of National Highways Tribunal (Procedure for Appointment as Presiding Officer of the Tribunal) Rules, 2003, was published as required by sub-section (1) of section 50 of the Control of the National Highways (Land and Traffic) Act, 2002 (13 of 2003) in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 8th August 2003 with the notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, number G.S.R. 645 (E), dated the 8 August 2003, inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of said notification, as published in Gazette of India, are made available to the public;