The Parliament enacted the CEC and other Election Commissioners (Conditions of Service) Act, 1991 with effect from 25 January 1991. Under this Act, the CEC was given tenure of six years or upto the age of sixty-five years, whichever was earlier, and his salary and allowances and other perquisites were to be the same as those for a judge of the Supreme Court; whereas the Election Commissioners were given tenure of six years but upto the age of sixty-two years and their salaries and allowances were equated with those of a judge of a High Court.
