Term of office and conditions of service of the Chairman and members of Planning and Development Authority

(1) The term of office and the conditions of service of the Chairman and members of a Planning and Development Authority (other than the Town Planning Officer) shall be such as may be prescribed. (2) The Chairman or any member of a Planning and Development Authority (other than the Town Planning Officer) may resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Government and on such resignation being accepted, he shall cease to be such Chairman or member. (3) Any vacancy in the membership of a Planning and Development Authority shall be filled by fresh appointment by the Government or by nomination by the local authority concerned, as the case may be, provided that the member appointed or nominated shall hold office only for so long as the member in whose place he is appointed or nominated would have held office if the vacancy had not occurred.