the Commission was established as a single-member body with only the CEC as its head. This continued till 16 October 1989 when, for the first time, two Election Commissioners, S.S. Dhanoa and V.S. Seigell, in addition to R.V.S. Peri Sastri, CEC, were appointed by the President. This arrangement proved to be short-lived, as on 1 January 1990 the two posts of Election Commissioners were abolished by another presidential order and the Commission was again converted to a single-member body.
