Consider the following statements: (i) The Chief Election Commissioner of the Election Commission of India is paid a salary equal to the salary of the Judge of the Supreme Court. (ii) The term of Chief Election Commissioner of India shall be for a period of 6 years from the date of assuming office or till the age of 65 years whichever comes first. (iii) An Election Commissioner may at any time by writing under his hand addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner, resign his office. Which statements are correct?
- (a)i and iii
- (b)i and ii
- (c)i, ii and iii
- (d)iii only
Correct — B, statements (i) and (ii). (i) is TRUE: under the Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Conduct of Business) Act, 1991, the CEC draws a salary equal to that of a Judge of the Supreme Court. (ii) is TRUE: the CEC's term is 6 years from the date of assuming office or until age 65, whichever comes first. (iii) is FALSE: under the same 1991 Act, an Election Commissioner who wishes to resign must address the resignation letter to the PRESIDENT, not to the Chief Election Commissioner — resignation runs through the head of state, which keeps a Commissioner's independence from being subordinated to the CEC.
- (a)i and iii — Includes the false statement (iii) — resignation is addressed to the President, not the CEC.
- (c)i, ii and iii — Wrongly includes (iii) as correct; only two of the three statements are actually true.
- (d)iii only — Statement (iii) is the false one — this option gets the answer backwards and also drops the two genuinely true statements.
The Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Conduct of Business) Act, 1991 fixes the salary, tenure, and resignation procedure for the CEC and Election Commissioners, insulating them from executive pressure — mirroring protections given to Supreme Court judges.
MPPSC likes 'consider the statements' questions built entirely from this one Act. The trap is usually a single detail swapped out — here, 'addressed to the Chief Election Commissioner' instead of the correct 'addressed to the President.'
- CEC's salary equals the salary of a Judge of the Supreme Court (Election Commission (Conditions of Service) Act, 1991)
- CEC's term is 6 years from assuming office OR age 65, whichever is earlier
- An Election Commissioner resigns by a letter addressed to the PRESIDENT, not the CEC
- The CEC can be removed only in the same manner as a Supreme Court judge (Article 324(5)); other Election Commissioners can be removed by the President on the CEC's recommendation
- Swapping 'President' and 'Chief Election Commissioner' in the resignation-letter rule
- Confusing the CEC's 6-year/65-year tenure rule with the President's or a State PSC member's own tenure rules
Expect this exact three-statement format again — MPPSC tests salary, tenure, and resignation procedure as a trio, usually falsifying just one of the three.
Consider the following statements with reference to India: 1. The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners enjoy equal powers but receive unequal salaries. 2. The Chief Election Commissioner is entitled to the same salary as is provided to a judge of the Supreme Court. 3. The Chief Election Commissioner shall not be removed from his office except in like manner and on like grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court. 4. The term of office of an Election Commissioner is five years from the date he assumes office or till he attains the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier. Which of these statements are correct?
- (a) 1 and 2
- (b) 2 and 3
- (c) 1 and 4
- (d) 2 and 4
Answer(b) 2 and 3 — CEC's salary equals a Supreme Court judge's, and the CEC is removable only like an SC judge.
Same conditions-of-service concept (CEC's salary parity with an SC judge) tested via the identical 'consider the statements' format.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India can be removed from office only in the same manner and on the same grounds as:
- (a)a Judge of a High Court
- (b)a Judge of the Supreme Court
- (c)the Chief Election Commissioner
- (d)a Member of Parliament
Answer(b) a Judge of the Supreme Court — Article 148(1) borrows the same removal safeguard used for the CEC.
- practice — not a real PYQ
An Election Commissioner (other than the Chief Election Commissioner) who wishes to resign must address the resignation letter to:
- (a)the Chief Election Commissioner
- (b)the Prime Minister
- (c)the President
- (d)the Speaker of Lok Sabha
Answer(c) the President — Election Commission (Conditions of Service) Act, 1991.