law: Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974
  6. Disqualifications.
  
  
  (1) No person shall be a member of a Board, who -
  (a) is, or at any time
  
  has been adjudged insolvent or has suspended payment of his debts or has
  
  compounded with his creditors; or
  (b) is of unsound mind
  
  and stands so declared by a competent court; or
  (c) is, or has been, convicted of an offence which, in the opinion of the
  
  Central Government or, as the case may be, of the State Government, involves
  
  moral turpitude; or
  (d) is, or at any time
  
  has been, convicted of an offence under this Act; or
  (e) has directly or indirectly by himself or by any partner, any share or
  
  interest in any firm or company carrying on the business of manufacture, sale
  
  or hire of machinery, plant, equipment, apparatus or fittings for the treatment
  
  of sewage or trade effluents; or
  (f) is a director or a
  
  secretary, manager or other salaried officer or employee of any company or firm
  
  having any contract with the Board, or with the Government constituting the
  
  Board, or with a local authority in the State, or with a company or corporation
  
  owned, controlled or managed by the Government, for the carrying out of
  
  sewerage schemes or for the installation of plants for the treatment of sewage
  
  or trade effluents; or
  (g) has so abused, in
  
  the opinion of the Central Government or as the case may be, of the State
  
  Government, his position as a member, as to render his continuance on the Board
  
  detrimental to the interest of the general public.
  (2) No order of removal shall be made by the
  
  Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, under this
  
  section unless the member concerned has been given a reasonable opportunity of
  
  showing cause against the same.
  (3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-sections (1) and (7) of section
  
  5, a member who has been removed under this section shall not be eligible for
  
  renomination as a member.