Section 4: Term of office and conditions of service of Chairperson, ViceChairperson and Members.

(1) Subject to the pleasure of the Government, the Chairperson, the ViceChairperson and every Member of the Commission shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years and shall be eligible for re-nomination for a second term: Provided that the Chairperson shall hold office as such till the date on which he attains the age of seventy years and the Vice-Chairperson and the other Members shall hold office as such till the date on which they attain the age of sixty-five years: Provided further that if the Chairperson is by reason of absence or for any other reason, unable to perform the duties of his office, those duties shall, until a Chairperson has been nominated under section 3 and entered on the duties thereof or until the Chairperson has assumed his duties, as the case may be, be performed by the Vice-Chairperson, or such other Member, as directed by the Government: Provided also that the successor so nominated shall hold office only for the remainder of the term of the Member in whose place he has been nominated. (2) The Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson or a Member may, at any time, by writing under his hand addressed to the Government, resign from the office of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson or Member, as the case may be, but shall continue in office until his resignation is accepted by the Government. (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Government shall remove a person from office of the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson or any Member, if that person, (a) becomes an undischarged insolvent; or (b) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the Government, involves moral turpitude; or (c) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or (d) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting; or (e) without obtaining leave of absence from the Commission, absent for three consecutive meetings of the Commission; or (f) has, in the opinion of the Government, so abused the position of the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson or Member, as the case may be, as to render that persons continuance in office detrimental to the interest of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes: Provided that no Member shall be removed from his office until that Member has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard. (4) The honorarium and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson and Members shall be such as may be prescribed.