4[(1) There shall be a Managing Committee for every Project Committee consisting of all the members of the general body:]
5[Provided that all Members of the Legislative Assembly, 6[Members of the the Legislative Council], all the Members of the Parliament and Chairpersons of Zilla Parishads within the Major Project area nominated by the Government shall be the members of the Managing Committee of the Major Project Committee without voting rights, in the manner prescribed:
Provided further that all Members of the Legislative Assembly, 4[Members of the Legislative Council], all Members of the Parliament and Presidents of Mandal Parishads within the Medium Project area nominated by the District Collector shall be the members of the Managing Committee of the Medium Project Committee without voting rights, in the manner prescribed.]
7[(2) The District Collector shall cause arrangements, for the election of the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman from among the members of the Managing Committee of the Project Committee, in the manner prescribed:
8[Provided that where the election of the Chairman or Vice-Chairman could not succeed, the Government may, by notification, appoint any of the
1. Omitted by the Act No.4 of 2018, S.5.
2. Substituted by the Act No. 7 of 2003, S.6.
3. Substituted by the Act No.7 of 2003, S.7.
4. Substituted by the Act No.7 of 2003, S.8.
5. Added by the Act No. 39 of 2005, S.4.
6. Inserted by the Act N. 41 of 2008, S.2.
7. Substituted by the Act No.7 of 2003, S.8.
8. Substituted by the Act No.4 of 2018, S.6.
managing committee member of the project committee or any of the officer, to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the Chairman or Vice- Chairman, as the case may be.]]
(3) 1[XXXX] 2[(4) The term of the office of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and the members of the Managing Committee of Project Committee shall if not recalled or removed or disqualified under the provisions of the Act earlier, be coterminus with the term of general body specified in sub-section (3) and subsection (4) of section 7.]
(5) The managing committee shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of the project committee.
9. Apex Committee - (1) The Government may, by notification, constitute an Apex Committee with such number of members as may be considered necessary.
(2) The Committee, constituted under sub-section (1), may exercise such powers and functions as may be necessary to,-
(a) laydown the policies for implementation of the provisions of this Act;
and
(b) give such directions to any farmers’ organisation, as may be considered necessary, in exercising their powers and performing their functions in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
10. Procedure for recall - (1) A motion for recall of 3[a Chairman or Vice- Chairman or President or Vice-President] or member of a managing committee, as the case may be, of a farmers’ organisation may be made by giving a written notice 2[as may be prescribed to the competent authority (Engineering) of the respective Farmers Organisation], signed by not less than one-third of the total number of members of the farmers’ organisation, who are entitled to vote:
Provided that no notice of motion under this section shall be made within one year of the date of assumption of office by the person against whom the motion is sought to be moved.
(2) If the motion is carried with the support of majority of the members present and voting at a meeting of the general body specially convened for the purpose, 4[the competent authority (Engineering)] shall by order remove him from office and the resulting vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as a casual vacancy.