Odisha Co-operative Societies (Elections to the Committees) Amendment Rules, 2014. (Draft Rules)
1. (1)These rules may be called the Odisha Co-operative Societies (Elections to the Committees) Amendment Rules, 2014. (Draft Rules)
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette.
2. In the Odisha Co-operative Societies (Elections to the Committees) Rules, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2, in sub-rule (1),(i) clause (b-1), shall be omitted;(ii) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--
"(d-1) "Electoral College" means Electoral College formed under clause (ii-a) of sub-section (1) of Section 28-A and prescribed in rule 4-A, these rules.(iii) after clause (h) the following clause shall be inserted, namely:-- (i) "Voter" means the member of the Primary Society, excluding its nominal members, and members of the Electoral College in case of Central or Apex Society, as the case may be, whose name appears in the final Electoral Roll of the respective Society.
The State Government shall, by one or more notifications, publish, in the Odisha Gazette, the dates or dates as may be recommended by the State Co-operative Election Commission calling upon the Co-operative Societies to Elect Members of the Committee of the Society in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the rules made thereunder";(ii) for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:--
"(1) The Election Officer of the Society shall fix the date of election of the members of the Committee, on the recommendation of the State Co-operative Election Commission, by publication of a notification at least two months prior to the date of election so fixed and the Chief Executive of the Society, by whatever designation called, publish the same either in the daily newspaper having wide circulation in the area of operation of the Society or in the notice board of the Society, its branches, if any, the offices of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti, Tahasildar, Sub-Collector, Collector, Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies and Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies in the area of operation of the Society or by beat of drums in the aforesaid area, by whichever mode, he may deem proper, in consultation with the Election Officer.(2) The Election Officer shall also ensure that the notification fixing the date of election under sub-rule (1) is duly published in the manner so provided by the said Chief Executive of the Society and failure to do so by such...
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