The Tribunal is comprised of:
 
  1. A Chairperson,
  2. A Vice-Chairperson,
  3. Members, who are appointed by the Attorney General on an ad hoc basis.​

 
Chairperson
 

Mrs. Vedalini Phoolchund-Bhadain holds the position of the Chairperson of the Environment and Land Use Appeal Tribunal in Mauritius since its creation in October 2012.
 
Prior to her appointment as Chairperson, she was Senior Magistrate at Intermediate Court, Criminal Court and Civil Division. Prior to that, she was Senior District Magistrate and presided over several District Courts in Mauritius.  Before joining the bench, she was a State Counsel at the Attorney General’s Office. She has held academic position of Lecturer at the Department of Law of the University of Mauritius for several years and also worked in the corporate sector as the Head of Legal Affairs of the Stock Exchange of Mauritius Ltd.
She holds an LLM from the London School of Economics and Political Science, an LLB (Hons.) from the University of Mauritius, a Diploma in Law from the University of Reunion and a Diploma in Public Administration and Management (DPAM) from the University of Mauritius. She has followed specialist courses in Business Law at the University of Exeter and ‘Droit des Affaires’ at the Universite d’Aix en Provence.
Mrs Vedalini Phoolchund-Bhadain is a member of the World Commission on Environmental Law (WELC) and member of the Commission for the Environmental Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.
 
Vice Chairperson

Mrs. Jayshree Ramful-Jhowry currently holds the post of Vice- Chairperson.
As well as having worked as a Barrister in a private firm, Mrs Ramful-Jhowry has extensive experience working for State Law Office of Mauritius. During her time there, she worked both under the aegis of the Director of Public Prosecutions as well as the Attorney General. At the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, she advised and prosecuted numerous criminal cases as leading counsel, including high profile cases, before all jurisdictions including jury trials and Assizes trials. She was appointed Senior State Counsel in 2007.
At the Attorney General’s Office, she was legal advisor for the State to several Ministries including the Ministry of Local Government, the Ministry of Tertiary Education, the Prime Minister’s Office, Governmental Bodies and the “Ministere Public” as well as representing the State in litigation before all jurisdictions. She is trained in legislative drafting and was involved in the legislative drafting of a number of pieces of legislation. She was a member of the Child Mentoring Board.
Mrs. Ramful-Jhowry holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wolverhampton and completed her Bar Vocational Course at the BPP Law School, UK. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bar of Mauritius. She is a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn, UK.
She has also lectured part time on the University of London LLB external programme. As service to the country, she has on a number of occasions, acted as Deputy Returning Officer and Returning Officer during general and by-elections. Mrs. Ramful-Jhowry is a member of the IUCN World Commission on Environmental Law (WCEL) as well as a member of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ).