Chief Election Commissioner should get a full term to perform

 Chief Election Commissioner  should get a full term to perform

 Supreme Court Justice KM Joseph's remark regarding the tenure of the Chief Election Commissioner was noteworthy. What contribution can a person who is in this post for only 150-200 days make? Just like the promotion in the government office, one person is being promoted from the post of Election Commissioner to the Chief Election Commissioner. They generally dance to the tune of the ruling parties. It was TN Seshan who showed the power of this position and made the politicians disciplined. Later that power was drained.

 In 1950, the Election Commissioner was able to sit on that chair for more than 8 years. But in 2004, it became more than a hundred days. During the UPA government, there were six Chief Election Commissioners in eight years. In this government, eight Chief Election Commissioners came and went ,in seven years from 2015 to 2022. According to the Election Commission (Conditions of Service of Election Commissioners and Transaction of Business) Act, 1991, the tenure of Election Commissioners is fixed as 6 years or the date of attaining the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier. Article 324 requires a reasonable time even if an impeachment proceeding is to be taken for any reason. The current situation is that the accused must have relieved off before impeachment procedure to happen. This has to change. The Chief Election Commissioner should be an independent minded person with the age not exceeding that of  59 years. Instead, the method of giving promotion to an existing commissioner should be changed. If it is also stipulated that the person sitting on this post should not hold any title after retirement, then he would work fearlessly and without bias. It can be assumed that this case in the Supreme Court will be consistent with that👍