Brochure on the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (DPC) Act, 1971

Brochure on duties and powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India under the CAG's (DPC) Act, 1971...

11. CHAPTER IL
‘SALARY AND OTHER CONDITIONS OF SERVICE OF THE
‘COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR-GENERAL

salary
3. Thereshallbepaldtothe Comptroller and Auditor General salary whichis
equaltothesaary of the Judge the Supreme Court

Provided that fa person who immediately before the date of assuming office as
‘the Comptroller and Augitor-General,wasinseceiptol or being eligible so todo,
had elected to draw, a pension (other than a disabilty or wound pension) in
respect of any previous service under the Government of the Union or any ofits
predecessor Governments, or under the Government of 2 State or any ofits
predecessor Governments, his salary in respect of service as Comptroller and
Auditor Generalshallbereduced-

(a)hytheamountofthat pension; and
{b) if he had before assuming offce received, in lieu of a portion of the
pensiondueto himinrespectofsuch previous service, the commuted value
‘thereof, bythe amount ofthat partion afthe pesion.

Termofoffiee
4 TheComptroler and Audtor-Generalshallholdoffie foratermofsixyears
fromthe date on which heassumes such office:

Provided that where he attainsthe age of sixty-five years before the expiry ofthe
said term of six years, he shall vacate such office on the date on which he attains
thesaidage:

Provided further that hemay at anytime, by writing under hishandaddressedto
the President resignhis off.

Explanation: For the purpose ofthis section, the term of six years in respect of
the Comptroller and Audtor-General holding office immediately before the
commencement ofthis Act, shall be computed from the date on which he had

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