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Conditions of service of Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta.— 4[(1) The Lokayukta shall have the status of a Judge of the Supreme Court and the Upa-Lokayukta shall have the status of a Judge of the High Court, and they shall be entitled to salary, allowances and pension and shall be subject to the same conditions of service, as a Judge of the Supreme Court and a Judge of the High Court, respectively:] 5[ ] Provided further that, if a person at the time of his such appointment is in receipt of pension in respect of any previous service, as a Judge under the Government of India or under the Government of a State, his salary in respect of service as the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall be reduced,— (a) by the amount of that pension, except pension received as a freedom fighter; (b) if he has, before such appointment, received in lieu of a portion of the pension due to him in respect of such previous service the commuted value thereof, by the amount of that portion of the pension; and (c) if he has, before such appointment, received a retirement gratuity in respect of such previous service, by the pension equivalent of that gratuity: Provided also that the allowances payable to, and other conditions of service of the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall not be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment: Provided further that the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall not hold any other office. (2) The expenditure in respect of the salaries and allowances of the Lokayukta or Upa-Lokayukta shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State of Goa.