Special Issues

Part 8

v     Election of Managing Committee

As per Bye-law No.116 (a)  election of all the members of the committee shall be held once in five years, in accordance with the Election Regulations. The retiring members of the committee shall be eligible for re-election.

The procedure of election is given as under:

(i)                  Every Managing Committee shall hold elections before expiry of its term.

(ii)                The Managing Committee first has to pass resolution in their meeting fixing date of the election and appointing the Returning Officer. The Returning Officer can be any member of the society or a professional person.

(iii)               Every member who has completed two years from the date of enrollment as a member is only eligible to vote in the election of the Managing Committee of the Society. Of course this is not in the case when election is called immediately after the First General Body Meeting, wherein, Provisional Managing Committee is nominated.

(iv)              The provisional list shall be prepared by the Managing Committee as per  (iii)  above and shall be notified on the Notice Board of the society, 60 (sixty) days before the date of election, inviting suggestions and objections in respect of the names of the members, within a period of 8 (eight) days, from the publication of such list.

(v)                After considering the suggestions and objections, if any, received, the Managing Committee shall publish a final list of members eligible to vote, within two days of the last date as mentioned at (iv) above.

(vi)              The provisional and final list of members referred to above shall be in the format.

(vii)             After the final list, the Managing Committee shall appoint from amongst the members who is/are not going to contest for election or who would neither propose nor second candidature of any member. The Committee may appoint any other person, as Returning Officer, The Managing Committee shall obtain an undertaking from such member that he will not contest the election nor propose or second any candidate. The Returning Officer shall have authority to appoint such polling staff as he deems necessary.

(viii)           Where the Managing Committee has failed to appoint a Returning Officer, the Registering Authority shall appoint a Returning Officer and Polling Staff. The cost of the Returning Officer and Polling Staff shall be borne by the society.

(ix)              The Returning Officer shall draw and declare a Program of various stages of election, on the Notice Board of the society, as indicated herein below, not later than seven days of the date of publication of final list of voters of the society. For draft of circular with the election schedule refer  Annexure 50-B.

(x)                The functions of the Returning Officer shall be as under :

(a)     To draw up a detailed program of election to the Managing Committee of the society, after taking into consideration the various stages of election process, as enumerated in (ix) above.

(b)     To invite nominations, to receive and scrutinize them, to exhibit list of valid nominations and list of final nomination remaining after withdrawal of nominations, if any

(c)     To arrange for election by ballot in accordance with the provisions of the Election Rules.

(d)     To furnish the result of election to the Chairman of the society for being declared at the General Body Meeting/Special General Body Meeting of the society.

(e)     To take such other actions as are necessary for and incidental to the election to the Managing Committee of the society.

     

(xi)              The nomination from the members shall be in form appended to the Rules.

(xii)             No members of the society shall be eligible to participate in the election of the Managing Committee of the society, if

(a)     he is in arrears in respect of any charges and any other amounts due to the society, as on the date of scrutiny of nomination papers.

(b)     he has incurred any of the disqualification as mentioned in the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Rules, 1961 and the Bye-laws of the society.

(c)     he has not completed two years of his enrollment as a member of the society as on the last date of nomination.