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Term of office of Non-ofjictal members, reszgnatwn and removal of such members and casual vacanczes ansmg zn theu places -( 1) A member nommated under clause (b) or clause (c) ot sub-sectwn ( 1) of sectiOn 4 shall hold office for a pcnod of three years from the date of his nommat10n and shall be ehgtble for renommat10n (2) A member referred to m sub-sectiOn ( 1) may restgn his office by g1vmg notice ·m wntmg thereof to the Government and shall cease to be a member on h1s res1gnat1on bemg accepted by the Government. (3) The Government may, by order, remove a member from office referred to m sub-sectiOn ( 1 ), If,- ( a) he IS of unsound mmd and stands so declared by a court of competent JUnsdict_JOn, or (b) he has apphed for bemg adJudged as an msolvent, or ts an undischarged Insolvent, or (c) he has been convicted for any offence mvolvmg moral turpitude, or (d) they are satisfied that he has been gu1lty of corruptton or mtsconduct m the adm1mstrat10n of the devaswom, or (c) he has absented h1mself from more than three consecutiVe meetmgs of the Committee and 1s unable to explam such absence to the satisfactiOn of the Committee, or ~ (f) he, bemg a legal practitiOner, has acted or appeared on behalf of any person agamst the mterest of the Devaswom m any legal proceedmg after he has been nommated as a member of the Comnuttee, or (g) he cease to profess the Hmdu Rehgaon or to behevc m temple worslnp; or . (h) he has commuted any act m support of the practice of untouchabahty or has committed or abetted the Commtsswn of any act m connection with the said act (4) A member shall not be removed under sub-sectiOn (3), unless he has been g1ven a reasonable opportumty of showmg cause agamst his removal {5) A member who IS removed under sub-section (3) may, w1thm one month from the date of the receipt of the order of removal, mstttute a sUit m . the court to set as1de the order ..... .. 35 (6) The term of office of a member nommated to fill a casual vacancy shall be the remammg penod of the member m whose place he has bce·n nom mated. 6 Supersesszon of Commutee -{ 1) If the Government, are of the opm1on that the Committee ts not competent to perform or makes default m performmg the duties trnposed on 1t or abuses or exceeds tts powers, under thts Act the Government may, after such mqmry as may be necessary, by notaficat1on m the Gazette, supersede the Comm1ttce (2) Before tssumg a not1ficataon under sub-sect ton ( 1 ), the Government shall commumcate to the Committee the grounds on whtch they propose to do so, fix a reasonable tame for the Commtttee to show cause agamst the proposal and shall consider the explanattons and objections, tf any · (3) Any member of the Commtttee may, Wtthm a penod of one month from the date of pubhcat10n of the nottfication under sub-section (1 ), mstttute a suit m the Court to set astde the nottficat10n (4) Where the Commtttee ts superseded under thts section, the Comm1ss1oner shall cxerctse the powers and perform the functions of the Comrmttee until the exp1ry of such penod of.super~ess10n · Provtded that, the maxtmum officaal pcnod of a member nommated under c]ause (b) or clause (c) of sub-sect10n (1) of sectiOn 4, for the penod of supersesston of a Committee, shaH not have the effect of extendmg the penod of three years . 7 Meetmgs of the Committee -{1) The Conumttee shall cstabho;h tts office at such place or places at ImnJalakuda as the Commrttee may determme, for the transactton of Its busmess (2) Every meetmg of the Commtttee shall be pres1ded over by the Chatrman and tn hts absence by a person elected for the purpose by the members present from among themselves. · 0 (3) No busmess shall be transacted m any meetmg of the Commtttce unless at least three members thereof arc present • (4) Quest10ns ansmg at the mcetmg of the Commtttee shall be dectdcd by a maJonty of votes of the members present there at, and the Chairman er the person pres1dmg shall have a castmg vote and he shall exercise that m the case of equahty of votes 36