Resignation and removal of Chairperson or Senior Vice-Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson or Member.

(1) The Chairperson or Senior Vice-Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson or a Member may, in writing under his hand addressed to the Government, resign from the office of Chairperson or Senior Vice-Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson or Member, as the case may be, at any time.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Government may, by order, remove the Chairperson or the Senior Vice-Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson or a Member, as the case may be, if he, -

(a) is adjudged as an insolvent; (b) is convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which in the opinion of the Government involves moral turpitude; (c) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; (d) refuses to act or becomes incapable of acting; (e) absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Commission without obtaining leave of absence from the Chairperson; (f) has, in the opinion of the Government, so abused the position of the Chairperson or the Senior Vice-Chairperson or the Vice-Chairperson or the Member, as the case may be, as to render that person’s continuance in office detrimental to the interests of Minorities or the public interest:

Provided that no person shall be removed except as in clause (a), (b) and (c) until that person has been given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in the matter.