State Act

The Koodalmanickam Devaswom Act, 1971 (No.7 of 1971)

This Act was repealed on a date we do not have by the Koodalmanickam Devaswom Act, 2005 (2 of 2007), s.39(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

5 Term of office of non-official members, resignation and removal of such members and casual vacancies in their office.—(1) A member nominated under clause (f) 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 re-nomination. (2) The Chairman nominated under the proviso to clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 4 or 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 the Chairman or member, as the case may be, on the resignation being accepted by the Government (3) The Government may, by order, remove from office the Chairman or a member referred to in sub-section (2) if— (a) he is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court ; or (b) he has applied for being adjudged an insolvent, or is an undischarged insolvent , or (c) he has been convicted of any offence involving moral turpitude , or (d) he has been guilty of corruption or misconduct in the administration of the Devaswom , or (e) his presence in the Committee is, in the opinion of the Government, prejudicial to the interests of the Devaswom , or (f) he has absented himself for more than three consecutive meetings of the Committee and is unable to explain such absence to the satisfaction of the Committee ; or (g) he, being a legal practitioner, has acted or appeared on behalf of any person against the Devaswom in any legal proceeding ; or (h) he ceases to profess the Hindu religion (4) The Chairman or 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) An order of the Government under sub-section (3) shall be final and shall not be liable to be questioned in any court of law (6) The term of office of a member appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall be for so long only as the member whose place has been filled would have been entitled to hold office if the vacancy had not occurred