Section 10. Salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairman, 4

10. Salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairman, 4* and other Members. —The salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service (including pension, gratuity and other retirement benefits) of, the Chairman,[4] * and other Members shall be such as may be prescribed by the Central Government: Provided that neither the salary and allowances nor the other terms and conditions of service of the Chairman,[4] * or other Member shall be varied to his disadvantage after his appointment. 5[Provided further that where a serving Government officer is appointed as a Member, he shall be deemed to have retired from the service to which he belonged on the date on which he assumed the 1. Subs. by Act 1 of 2007, s. 6, for "Vice-Chairman or, as the case may be, such one of the Vice-Chairman" (w.e.f. 19-2-2007). 2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid ., for section 8 (w.e.f. 19-2-2007). 3. The word "Vice-Chairman" omitted by s. 8, ibid. (w.e.f. 19-2-2007).