Term of office of non-official members, resignation and removal of such members and casual vacancies in their office

(1) A member nominated under clause (d) or clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 4 shall hold office for a period of two years from the date of his nomination and shall be eligible for renomination. (2) A member referred to in sub-section (1) may resign his office by giving notice in writing thereof to the Government and shall cease to be a member on his resignation being accepted by the Government. (3) The Government may, by order, remove from office a member referred to in sub-section (1) if- (a) he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or (b) he has applied for being adjudged as insolvent, or is an undischarged insolvent; or (c) he has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude; or (d) they are satisfied that he has been guilty of corruption or misconduct in the administration of the Devaswom; or (e) he has absented himself from more than three consecutive meetings of the Committee and is unable to explain such absence to the satisfaction of the Committee; or (f) he, being a legal practitioner, has acted or appeared on behalf of any person against the Devaswom in any legal proceeding after he has been nominated as a member of the Committee; or (g) he ceases to profess the Hindu Religion or to believe in temple worship; or (h) he has committed or abetted the commission of any act in support or furtherance of the practice of untouchability. (4) A member shall not be removed under sub-section (3) unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of showing cause against his removal. (5) A member who is removed under sub-section (3) may, within one month from the date of the receipt by him of the order of removal, institute a suit in the court to set aside the order. (6) The term of office of a member nominated to fill a casual vacancy shall be for so long only as the member whose place has been filled would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred.