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.