The Council consists of 15 principal officials and 14 non-official members.
Ramaswami was nominated as a non-official member of the commission.
He was first nominated as a non-official member to the Council of State in 1923 and for a second time in 1931.
The non-official members offers a balanced representation from businesses, the academia and the community.
Only officials could vote in the council; non-official members, such as Jinnah, had no vote.
In addition to the 15 principal officials there are 16 non-official members.
It was formed solely of officials until 1949, when two nominated white "non-official" members were added to eight officials.
Three non-official members were elected to the Executive Council.
Four non-official members were selected to be part of the Executive Council.
Such number of other official or non-official members representing such interests as may be prescribed.
