law: The Right to Information Act, 2005
  The State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the
  
  date on which he enters upon his office and shall not be eligible for
  
  reappointment
  1.   The State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the
  
  date on which he enters upon his office and shall not be eligible for
  
  reappointment:
  
  
  that no State Chief Information Commissioner shall hold office as such
  
  after he has attained the age of sixty-five years.
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  2.   Every State Information
  
  Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which
  
  he enters upon his office or till he attains the age of sixty-five years,
  
  whichever is earlier, and shall not be eligible for reappointment as such State
  
  Information Commissioner:
  
  
  that every State Information Commissioner shall, on vacating his
  
  office under this sub-section, be eligible for appointment as the State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner in the manner specified in sub-section (3) of section
  Provided further that
  
  where the State Information Commissioner is appointed as the State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner, his term of office shall not be more than five years
  
  in aggregate as the State Information Commissioner and the State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner.  
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  3.   The State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner or a State Information Commissioner, shall before he
  
  enters upon his office make and subscribe before the Governor or some other
  
  person appointed by him in that behalf, an oath or affirmation according to the
  
  form set out for the purpose in the First Schedule.  
  4.   The State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner or a State Information Commissioner may, at any time,
  
  by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resign from his office:
  
  
  that the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information
  
  Commissioner may be removed in the manner specified under section 17.  
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  5.   The salaries and
  
  allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of-
  a.   the State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner shall be the same as that of an Election Commissioner;
  b.   the State Information
  
  Commissioner shall be the same as that of the Chief Secretary to the State
  
  Government:
  
  
  that if the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information
  
  Commissioner, at the time of his appointment is, in receipt of a pension, other
  
  than a disability or wound pension, in respect of any previous service under
  
  the Government of India or under the Government of a State, his salary in
  
  respect of the service as the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State
  
  Information Commissioner shall be reduced by the amount of that pension
  
  including any portion of pension which was commuted and pension equivalent of
  
  other forms of retirement benefits excluding pension equivalent of retirement
  
  gratuity: 
  Provided further that
  
  where the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information
  
  Commissioner if, at the time of his appointment is, in receipt of retirement
  
  benefits in respect of any previous service rendered in a Corporation
  
  established by or under any Central Act or State Act or a Government company
  
  owned or controlled by the Central Government or the State Government, his
  
  salary in respect of the service as the State Chief Information Commissioner or
  
  the State Information Commissioner shall be reduced by the amount of pension
  
  equivalent to the retirement benefits: 
  Provided also that
  
  the salaries, allowances and other conditions of service of the State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner and the State Information Commissioners shall not be
  
  varied to their disadvantage after their appointment.  
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  6.   The State Government
  
  shall provide the State Chief Information Commissioner and the State
  
  Information Commissioners with such officers and employees as may be necessary
  
  for the efficient performance of their functions under this Act, and the
  
  salaries and allowances payable to and the terms and conditions of service of
  
  the officers and other employees appointed for the purpose of this Act shall be
  
  such as may be prescribed.
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  provisions of sub-section (3), the State Chief Information Commissioner or a
  
  State Information Commissioner shall be removed from his office only by order
  
  of the Governor on the ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity after the
  
  Supreme Court, on a reference made to it by the Governor, has on inquiry,
  
  reported that the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information
  
  Commissioner, as the case may be, ought on such ground be removed.  
  2.   The Governor may
  
  suspend from office, and if deem necessary prohibit also from attending the
  
  office during inquiry, the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State
  
  Information Commissioner in respect of whom a reference has been made to the
  
  Supreme Court under sub-section (1) until the Governor has passed orders on
  
  receipt of the report of the Supreme Court on such reference.  
  3.   Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in sub-section (1), the Governor may by order remove from
  
  office the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information
  
  Commissioner if a State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information
  
  Commissioner, as the case may be,- 
  a.   is adjudged an
  
  insolvent; or
  b.   has been convicted of
  
  an offence which, in the opinion of the Governor, involves moral turpitude; or
  
     
  c.   engages during his
  
  term of office in any paid employment outside the duties of his office; or
  
     
  d.   is, in the opinion of
  
  the Governor, unfit to continue in office by reason of infirmity of mind or
  
  body; or    
  e.   has acquired such
  
  financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions
  
  as the State Chief Information Commissioner or a State Information
  
  Commissioner.  
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  4.   If the State Chief
  
  Information Commissioner or a State Information Commissioner in any way,
  
  concerned or interested in any contract or agreement made by or on behalf of
  
  the Government of the State or participates in any way in the profit thereof or
  
  in any benefit or emoluments arising there from otherwise than as a member and
  
  in common with the other members of an incorporated company, he shall, for the
  
  purposes of sub-section (1), be deemed to be guilty of misbehaviour.