(1) A person, who immediately before the date of assuming office as the State Election Commissioner was in service of Government of India or the State Government, shall be deemed to have retired from service on the date on which he enters upon office as the State Election Commissioner but his subsequent service as the State Election Commissioner shall be reckoned as continuing approved service counting for pension in service to which he belonged.
(2) Where the State Election Commissioner demits office (whether in any manner specified in sub-section (3) or by resignation), he shall, on such demission, be paid in addition to any other pension if any, he may be drawing, [a pension at the rate of rupees four thousand seven hundred and sixteen per annum with effect from the 1st day of June 2000, for each completed year of service or a part thereof in the State Election Commission and irrespective of the number of years of service in the State Election Commission, the maximum amount of pension he may be drawing together with the additional pension payable under this sub-section shall not exceed rupees one lakh fifty six thousand per annum during the period from the 1st day of June 2000 to the 31st day of March 2004; and rupees two lakh thirty four thousand per annum from the 1st day of April 2004:]
Provided that, no such pension shall be payable to the State Election Commissioner if he has put in less than two years of service with the State Election Commission.
(3) Except where the State Election Commissioner demits office by resignation he shall be deemed, for the purpose of this Act, to have demitted his office if, and only if,-
(a) he has completed the term of office specified in section 6, or
(b) his demission of office is medically certified to be necessitated by ill-health.