Tenure and eligibility rules for information commissioners set fixed terms, reappointment bars, oath requirement and remuneration safeguards. The provision fixes tenure and eligibility: the State Chief Information Commissioner serves a five year term and is ineligible for reappointment and for service beyond age sixty five; State Information Commissioners serve five year terms or until sixty five, are ineligible for reappointment but may be appointed as Chief subject to aggregate term limits. It mandates an oath before the Governor, allows resignation to the Governor, preserves removal under separate procedure, aligns salaries and conditions with specified public offices subject to pension or retirement benefit adjustments, bars adverse variation after appointment, and requires the State Government to provide necessary staff whose terms are to be prescribed.
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Tenure and eligibility rules for information commissioners set fixed terms, reappointment bars, oath requirement and remuneration safeguards.
The provision fixes tenure and eligibility: the State Chief Information Commissioner serves a five year term and is ineligible for reappointment and for service beyond age sixty five; State Information Commissioners serve five year terms or until sixty five, are ineligible for reappointment but may be appointed as Chief subject to aggregate term limits. It mandates an oath before the Governor, allows resignation to the Governor, preserves removal under separate procedure, aligns salaries and conditions with specified public offices subject to pension or retirement benefit adjustments, bars adverse variation after appointment, and requires the State Government to provide necessary staff whose terms are to be prescribed.
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