(a) When the Chief Justice or any judge of the Supreme Court, or the Appellate Court, or the Superior Court, or the Chief State’s Attorney, a Deputy Chief State’s Attorney, or any state’s attorney who had elected under the provisions of § 51-278 to be included within the provisions of this section, or any public defender, Chief Public Defender or Deputy Chief Public Defender who had elected under the provisions of § 51-295a to be included within the provisions of this section, or any family support magistrate who had elected under the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (i) of § 46b-231, or any administrative law judge, has become so permanently incapacitated as to be unable to fulfill adequately the duties of his office, he may be retired by the Judicial Review Council as hereinafter provided, upon application by him or upon its own motion.

(b) If the Judicial Review Council finds that the justice, judge, Chief State’s Attorney, Deputy Chief State’s Attorney, state’s attorney, Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender, public defender, family support magistrate or administrative law judge is permanently incapacitated from adequately fulfilling his duties, (1) the justice, judge, family support magistrate or administrative law judge shall thereupon be retired with retirement pay to be determined as provided by § 51-50, or (2) the Chief State’s Attorney, Deputy Chief State’s Attorney, state’s attorney, Chief Public Defender, Deputy Chief Public Defender or public defender shall thereupon be retired and shall receive as retirement pay, annually, two-thirds the salary of the office which he held at the time of his retirement, as such salary may be changed from time to time. No judge shall be denied benefits under § 51-50 as a result of the expiration of his judicial term of office during the pendency of a disability matter before the Judicial Review Council. Any council proceedings pursuant to this section shall be confidential.