¹[8. A person who-(a) is not, at the time of his appointment as chairman or member, in the service of the Republic or of a statutory body or nationalised enterprise, or(b) at any time before his appointment as chairman or member retired from or ceased to be in any such service without any pension, gratuity or other retirement benefits being admissible to him,shall be entitled to a gratuity which shall be equal to one month's pay for every completed year of his service as chairman or member and payable after he ceases to hold office.]