New Delhi: The Union water resources ministry on Monday issued a notification constituting three-member Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal to adjudicate the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over sharing the river's water.

Supreme Court judge Justice A.M. Khanwilkar has been named as chairman of the tribunal, being formed according to a January 23 apex court order to the Centre in this connection.

Justice Ravi Ranjan and Justice Indermeet Kaur Kochhar, judges of Patna High Court and Delhi High Court respectively, are the other two members.

"The tribunal will have its headquarters at Delhi," the ministry said in a statement.

The Odisha government had moved the court in December 2016, seeking an order asking Chhattisgarh to stop construction in projects on the upstream of the Mahanadi, saying it had affected the river flow in Odisha. It had pitched for setting up of the tribunal.

The tribunal would determine water sharing among basin states on the basis of the overall availability of water in the complete Mahanadi basin, contribution of each state, the present utilisation of water resource in each state and the potential for future development, official sources said.

According to provisions of the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, the tribunal is required to submit its report and decision within a period of three years, which can be extended for a period not exceeding two years due to "unavoidable reasons."