(1) The Chairperson and Members of the Housing Appellate Tribunal shall hold office for a term not exceeding three years, from the date on which they enter upon their offices or until they attain the age of sixty-eight years, whichever is earlier.
(2) The salary and allowances payable to, and other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairperson and Members of the Housing Appellate Tribunal shall be such as may be prescribed and shall not be varied to their disadvantage after their appointment.
(3) The Chairperson or Member of the Housing Appellate Tribunal may relinquish his office by giving in writing to the State Government notice of not less than three months or be removed from his office in accordance with the provisions of section 38.
(4) Any serving person, on his selection as a Chairperson or Member of the Housing Appellate Tribunal shall have to retire from service before joining.
(5) The Chairperson or any Member of the Housing Appellate Tribunal, ceasing to hold office as such, shall not accept any commercial employment in the Housing Sector for a period of one year from the date he ceases to hold such office.