He shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission and shall exercise the powers and discharge functions of the Commission.

Term of office and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members

1. (1) Every Member shall hold the office for a term of three years from the date he assumes the office : Provided that, the Chairperson or a Member shall not be appointed for more than two terms.
2. (2) A Member may, by writing under his hand addressed to the State Government, resign from the office at any time.
3. (3) The State Government shall remove a person from the office of the Chairperson or Member, if that person,-
   • (a) becomes an undischarged insolvent ;
   • (b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in the opinion of the State Government, involves moral turpitude ;
   • (c) becomes of unsound mind and stands so declared by the competent court;
   • (d) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting ;
   • (e) is, without obtaining leave of absence from the Commission remains absent for three consecutive meetings of the Commission; or
   • (f) has, in the opinion of the State Government, so abused the position of the Chairperson or Member as to render that person’s continuance in office detrimental to the interest of the Scheduled Castes or the public interest or is otherwise unfit or unsuitable to continue as such Chairperson or Member : Provided that, no office-bearer shall be removed under this clause unless he has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
4. (4) A vacancy caused under sub-section
5. (2) or
6. (3) or otherwise, shall be filled in, as soon as may be, by a fresh nomination by the State Government; and the person so nominated shall hold office for the remainder of the term of office of the person in whose vacancy such person has been nominated, would have held the office, if the vacancy had not occurred : Provided that, if the vacancy of a Member other than that of the Chairperson, occurs within six months preceding the date on which the term of office of the Member expires, the vacancy shall not be filled in.
7. (5) The honorarium, if any and allowances payable to, and the terms and conditions of holding the office of the Chairperson and Members shall be such, as may be prescribed.