Term of office of Non-official members, resignation and removal of such members and casual vacancies arising in their places

(1) A member nominated under clause (b) or clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 4 shall hold office for a period of three 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 a member from office referred to in sub-section (1), if,-(a) he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) he has applied for being adjudged as an insolvent, or is an undischarged insolvent, or (c) he has been convicted for 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 interest of the Devaswom in any legal proceeding after he has been nominated as a member of the Committee, or (g) he cease to profess the Hindu Religion or to believe in temple worship; or (h) he has committed any act in support of the practice of untouchability or has committed or abetted the Commission of any act in connection with the said act. (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 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 the remaining period of the member in whose place he has been nominated.