law: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act,1997
  5. Term of office, conditions of service, etc. of
  
  Chairperson and other members
  (1) Before appointing any person as the Chairperson or member,
  
  the Central Government shall satisfy itself that the person does not have any such
  
  financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially his functions
  
  as such member.
   5  [(2) The Chairperson and other members shall hold office
  
  for a term not exceeding three years, as the Central Government may notify in
  
  this behalf, from the date on which they enter upon their offices or until they
  
  attain the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.
  (3) On the commencement of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
  
  India (Amendment) Act, 2000, a person appointed as Chairperson of the Authority
  
  and every other person appointed as member and holding office as such
  
  immediately before such commencement shall vacate their respective offices and
  
  such Chairperson and such other members shall be entitled to claim compensation
  
  not exceeding three months pay and allowances for the premature termination of
  
  the term of their offices or of any contract of service.]
  (4) The employee of the government on his 6[selection
  
  as the Chairperson or whole-time member] as the case may be shall have to
  
  retire from service before 7[joining as the Chairperson or a
  
  whole-time member, as the case may be.]
  (5) The salary and allowances payable to and the other terms and
  
  conditions of service of the Chairperson and 8[whole-time members]
  
  shall be such as may be prescribed.
  (6) The salary, allowances and other conditions of service of
  
  the Chairperson or of a member shall not be varied to his disadvantage after
  
  appointment.
   2  [(6A) The part-time members shall receive such allowances
  
  as may be prescribed.]
  (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) 9[*
  
  * *] , a member may-
  (a) relinquish his office by giving in writing
  
  to the Central Government notice of not less than three months; or
  (b) be removed from his office in accordance
  
  with the provisions of section 7.
  (8) The Chairperson or any 8[whole time member]
  
  ceasing to hold office as such, shall-
  (a) be ineligible for further employment under
  
  the Central Government or any State Government; or
  (b) not accept any commercial employment, for
  
  a period of 10[one year] from the date he ceases to hold such
  
  office:
   2  [PROVIDED that nothing contained in this
  
  sub-section shall apply to the Chairperson or a member who has ceased to hold
  
  office under sub-section (3) and such Chairperson or member shall be eligible
  
  for re-appointment in the Authority or appointment in the Appellate Tribunal.]
  (9) A vacancy caused to the office of the Chairperson or any
  
  other member shall be filled up within a period of three months from the date
  
  on which such vacancy occurs.
  Explanation: For the purposes of this section
  
  "commercial employment" means employment in any capacity under, or
  
  agency of, a person engaged in trading, commercial, industrial or financial
  
  business in any field and includes also a director of a company or partner of a
  
  firm and it also includes setting up practice either independently or as
  
  partner of a firm or as an adviser or a consultant.