(1) After the commencement of this Act, the Government shall, by notification, establish, for the purpose of this Act, a body called the Lokayukta for the State of Odisha.
(2) The Lokayukta shall consist of —
(a) a Chairperson, who is or has been a Chief Justice of a High Court or a Judge of a High Court or an eminent person who fulfils the eligibility specified in clause(b) of sub-section (3);
and
(b) five Members, out of whom two shall be Judicial Members.
Provided that at least one member other than the judicial members, shall be from Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward classes, Minorities or women.
(3) A person shall be eligible to be appointed,—
(a) as a Judicial Member if he is or has been a Judge of a High Court;
(b) as a Member other than a Judicial Member, if he is a person of impeccable integrity and outstanding ability having special knowledge and expertise of not less than twenty years in the matters relating to public administration, finance including insurance and banking, law, anticorruption policy or management.
(4) The Chairperson or a Member shall not be—
(a) a member of Parliament or a member of the Legislature of any State or Union Territory;
(b) a person convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude;
(c) a person of less than fifty years of age, on the date of assuming office as Chairperson or Member, as the case may be;
(d) a member of any Panchayat or Municipality;
Establishment of Lokayukta.
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(e) a person who has been removed or dismissed from service of the Union or a State; or
(f) a person holding any office of trust or profit (other than his office as the Chairperson or a Member) or person connected with any political party or carry on any business or practise any profession, and accordingly, before he enters upon his office, as the Chairperson or a Member, as the case may be, shall, if—
(i) he holds any office of trust or profit, resign from such office;
or
(ii) he is carrying on any business, sever his connection with the conduct and management of such business; or
(iii) he is practising any profession, cease to practise such profession.