(a) A vacancy in the Water Users' Association shall be filled up by nomination by the Managing Committee of the Distributory Committee in the manner prescribed ;
(b) A vacancy in Distributory Committee shall be filled up by nomination by the Managing Committee of the Project Committee in the manner prescribed ; and
(c) A vacancy in the Project Committee shall be filled up by nomination either by the Apex Committee or by the Government in the manner prescribed.
(2) The District Collector shall take necessary steps to conduct election, to fill up any vacancy caused within a period of one month from the date of occurence of such vacancy.
(3) The term of office of a member or a President or a Chairman of the farmers' organisation elected under subsection (2) shall expire at the time at which it would have expired, if he had been elected at the ordinary election.
CHAPTER - III Objects and functions of the farmers' organisation.
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The objects of the farmers' organisation shall be to promote and secure distribution of water among its users, adequate maintenance of the irrigation system, efficient and economical utilisation of water to optimize agricultural production, to protect the environment and to ensure ecological balance by involving the farmers, to develop a sense of ownership of the irrigation system in accordance with the water budget and the operational plan.
Functions of Water Users' Association.