Term of office and eligibility: fixed-term appointments with age ceiling, no reappointment, and pension-adjusted salary. Section 13 fixes the term, age ceiling and reappointment bar for the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners, allows Information Commissioners to be appointed as Chief subject to an aggregate tenure cap, requires an oath before assuming office, permits resignation and references statutory removal, equates pay and conditions with Election Commission offices while allowing reduction for prior pensions or retirement benefits, protects against disadvantageous post-appointment variation, and directs the Central Government to provide necessary officers and employees on prescribed terms.
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Term of office and eligibility: fixed-term appointments with age ceiling, no reappointment, and pension-adjusted salary.
Section 13 fixes the term, age ceiling and reappointment bar for the Chief Information Commissioner and Information Commissioners, allows Information Commissioners to be appointed as Chief subject to an aggregate tenure cap, requires an oath before assuming office, permits resignation and references statutory removal, equates pay and conditions with Election Commission offices while allowing reduction for prior pensions or retirement benefits, protects against disadvantageous post-appointment variation, and directs the Central Government to provide necessary officers and employees on prescribed terms.
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