law: The Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Act, 1991
  3. Salary.Ā
  There  shall  
  
  be  paid  to  the  Chief  Election Commissioner a  
  
  salary which  is equal to the salary of a Judge of the  Supreme Court.
  There  shall be  
  
  paid to  an Election  Commissioner a  salary  which is equal to 
  
  the salary of a Judge of a High Court:
  Provided thatĀ if aĀ
  
  person who,Ā immediately beforeĀ the date of assuming office as the Chief
  
  Election Commissioner or, as the case may be, an Election Commissioner, was in
  
  receipt of, or, being eligible so to do,Ā had electionĀ to draw,Ā a pensionĀ
  
  (other than a disability or wound pension) in respect of any previous service
  
  under the Government of the Union or under the Government of a State, his
  
  salary in respect of service as the
  Subs by Act 4 of
  
  1994, S.2 (w.e.f  1-10-1993  )
  Subs by S.3 ibid (w.e.f. 1-10-1993)
  Re-lettered and
  
  ins. by S.4, ibid (w.e.f  1-10-1993  )
  Omitted and ins by
  
  S.5, ibid (w.e.f  1-10-1993  ) 27 Chief ElectionĀ Commissioner or,Ā as theĀ caseĀ mayĀ be,Ā anĀ
  
  Election Commissioner shall be reduced--
  by the amount of that 
  
  pension; and
  if  he had, before 
  
  assuming office, received, in lieu of a portion  of the  pension due 
  
  to him in respect of such previous service, the  commuted value  
  
  thereof,  by  the  amount  of  that portion of the 
  
  pension.