Term of office and other conditions of service of Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayukta.

(1) Every person appointed to be the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office: Provided that,- (a) the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta may by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor, resign his office; (b) the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta may be removed from his office in the manner specified in section 6. (2) If the office of the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta becomes vacant, or if the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta is, by reason of absence or for any other reason whatsoever, unable to perform the duties of his office, those duties, shall, until some other person is appointed under section 3 and enters upon such office or, as the case may be, until the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta resumes his duties, be performed,- (a) where the office of the Lokayukta becomes vacant or where for any reason aforesaid he is unable to perform the duties of his office, by the Upa-Lokayukta or if there are two or more Upa-Lokayuktas, by such one of the Upa-Lokayuktas as the Governor may, by order, direct; (b) where the office of the Upa-Lokayukta becomes vacant or where for any reason aforesaid he is unable to perform the duties of his office by the Lokayukta himself or if the Lokayukta so directs, by the other Upa-Lokayukta or as the case may be, such one of the other Upa-Lokayuktas as may be specified in the direction. (3) The Lokayukta or the Upa-Lokayukta appointed under this Act, on ceasing to hold office, shall be ineligible for employment either under the Government or any such local authority, Corporation, Government Company or Society as referred to in sub-clause (v) of clause (k) of section 2. (4) The salary payable to the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta in respect of time spent on actual service shall respectively be the same as that of the Chief Justice or a Judge of the High Court for the State of Telangana. (5) The allowances and pension, payable to and other conditions of service of the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall respectively be the same as those of the Chief Justice or a Judge of the High Court for the State of Telangana: Provided that the allowances and pension payable to, and other conditions of service of, the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment.