(1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-rule (2), the Chairperson and every Member shall be paid a salary of eighty thousand� rupees per month with Dearness Pay and Allowances less the pension equivalent to retirement benefits according to the instructions of the Ministry of Finance. They shall be entitled to house rent allowance, travelling allowance and telephone facilities as admissible to a Secretary to the Government of India Provided that in the case of appointment as a Chairperson or a Member, who has a retired person from the Central Government or a State Government or Union territory Administration or a Semi-Government or public sector undertaking or a recognized research institution or other autonomous or statutory body, the salary payable shall not exceed rupees eighty thousand per month with dearness pay and allowances less the pension and pension equivalent of retirement benefits according to the instructions of the Ministry of Finance.
� Substituted …. vide Notification dated 17.11.2008.
(2) If at the time of his appointment to the Commission, a Member is in service of the Central or a State Government or a Union territory Administration, he shall have the option to receive his salary upto the age of superannuation in accordance with the rules applicable to him under the Central or State Government or Union Territory Administration, as the case may be and thereafter, the provisions of these rules shall apply.
(3) The Chairperson, Members and Staff of the Commission shall be the public servants within the meaning of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.
(4) In case any Member is already occupying Government accommodation, he is allowed to retain the same. No travelling allowance shall be provided at the time of joining the Commission and on relinquishing of charge.