( I) The Committee ~thall con~tist of the following members, namely:- ( a) the Zamorin Raja;
(b) the Karanavan for the time being of the Malliaseri lllom ct Guruvayoor;
(c) the Thanthri of the Temple, ex-offzczo ;'
{d) a representative of the employees of the' Devaswom nominated by the Hindus among the Council of Ministers ;
(e) not more than five persons, of whom one ~hall be a member of a Scheduled Caste, nominated by the Hindus among /.he Counc1l of Ministen from among persons having interest in the Templ"~· {2) A person shall be disqualified /fC>r /eing nomitated under clause
(e) of sub-section ( 1), if- _....,. ~
(i) he believes in the p~ctice of untouchability or does not pro(eas the Hindu Reigio?- or believe in temple worship ; or
(ii) he is an employee' under the Government or the Devaswom; or {iii) he is below thirty yeara of age ; or (iv} he is engagedfn any subsisting contract with the Devaswom; or
(v) be is subjectJ ~~ any of the disqualifications mentiond in clauses
(a), (b) <ind (c) of sub-section (3) of section 5.
(3) Th~ee !5'ers of the Committee shall, at its first meeting, elect one of its memb .rs as its Chairman.
(4) Eve 'I member of the Committee shall, before entering upon his office, mak<1 and subscribe in the presence of the ;!CommissiODer an oat~ in tht> follo,.;.ng form, that is to say- "~; AB, do swear in the name of God that I profess the Hindu Religion and Q(ilieve in temple worship and that I do not believe in the practice of un ouchability. ".
Term of offzce of non-offzczal members, reszgnatzon and remorJal of such members and casual vacancies in thczr offzce -( 1) A 1ocmber nominated under clause (d) or cla'Jse (e) of sub-<;ection ( l) of sectiOn 4 shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of his nomination and shall be eligible for renomination.
(2) A member referred tow aubsectiOn (l) may rcs1gn his office by giving notice in writing thereof to the Government and shall cease to be a member on his resignation being accepted by the Government.
{3) The Government may, by order, remove from office a member referred to in subsection ( 1) if---
(a) he is of unsound m1nd and stand, so declared by <1 competent court; or oO
(b) he has applied for being adjudged as in~olvent, or is an undis charged msolvent; or
(c) he has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude;
or
(d) they are sa,isfied that he has been guilty of corruption or mis conduct in the administration of the Devaswom; or
(e) he has absented himself from more thnn three consecutive meetings of th! Committee and is unable to cxplam such absence to the ~atisfaction of the Committee; or
(f) he, being a legru practitioner, has acted or appeared on behalf o( any penon against the Dev~wom in any legal proceeding after he has been nominated as a member of (h~ Co~mittee; or ' '
(g) he ceases to profess the ~I,'rn;lu Religion or to believe in temple worship; or '-... "'\,
(h) he has committed or abetted the coO;) mission of any act in auppors or furtherance of the practice of untouchability.\ ' . (4) A member shall not be removed under su~s.,::~tiOn (3) unless he has been g1ven a reasonable opportunity of showing cau~gainst his re~o~aJ.
(5) A member who 1s removed under subsect,on ~3) may, Withm one month from the date of the receipt by him of the order o' removal, institute a suit in the court to set aside the order.
(6) The term of office of a member nominated to fill a ~asual vacancy shall be for so long only as the member wh'>se place has been filled woultl have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurr '