Lokayukt or Up-Lokayukt to hold no other office

The Lokayukt or Up-Lokayukt shall not be a member of Parliament or a member of the Legislature of any State and shall not hold any other office of trust or profit or be an officer of a Co-operative Society and shall not be connected with any political party or carry on any business or practice any profession, and accordingly before he enters upon his office, a person appointed as the Lokayukt or Up-Lokayukt as the case may be, shall – (a) if he is a member of Parliament or of the Legislature of any State , resign such membership; or (b) if he holds any office of trust or profit, resign from such office; or (c) if he is connected with any political party, sever his connection with it; or (d) if he is carrying on any business, sever his connection (short of divesting himself of ownership) with the conduct and management of such business; or (e) if he is practising any profession, suspend practice of such profession.