(1) The Salary and allowances of the Commissioner shall be the salary and allowances as admissible to a Secretary to Government in the Union territory of Puducherry.
(2) Where a Commissioner, being a retired Government servant or a retired employee of any Institution or Autonomous Body funded by the Government, is in receipt of pension in respect of such previous service, the salary admissible to him under these rules shall be reduced by the amount of pension and if, he had received in lieu of a portion of the pension, the commuted value thereof, by the amount of such commuted portion of the pension:
Provided further that in no case the Commissioner shall be paid the salary less than what was admissible to him at the time of retirement prior to the appointment as Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities.