Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
59.
Resignation and removal.
1.
The
Presiding Officer of an Authority may, by notice in writing under his hand
addressed to the appropriate Government, resign his office:
Provided that the
Presiding Officer shall, unless he is permitted by the appropriate Government
to relinquish his office sooner, continue to hold office until the expiry of
three months from the date of receipt of such notice or until a person duly
appointed as his successor enters upon his office or until the expiry of his
term of office, whichever is earlier.
1.
2.
The
Presiding officer of an Authority shall not be removed from his office except
by an order made by the appropriate Government on the ground of proven
misbehaviour or incapacity after inquiry in the case of the Presiding Officer of
an Authority made by a Judge of a High Court in which the Presiding Officer
concerned has been informed of the charges against him and given a reasonable
opportunity of being heard in respect of these charges.
3.
The
appropriate Government may, by rules, regulate the procedure for the
investigation of misbehaviour or incapacity of the aforesaid Presiding Officer.