(1) The term of the Town Vending Committee shall be for a period of three years.
(2) The Town Vending Committee shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(a) The Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer ...................................... Chairperson.
(b) Three members of the local authority ....................................................... Members.
(c) Collector or his representative ......................................................... Member.
(d) Chairperson of Planning and Development Authority or his representative ......................................................... Member.
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(e) Chief of Traffic Police and General Police or their representatives ….. Members.
(f)11 representatives of Street Vendors Associations; at least one third of which shall be women ...................................... Members.
(g) Representatives of Market and Trade associations (one each) ................. Members.
(h) Two representatives of Non Government Organizations (NGO) and one representative of Community Based Organizations (CBO) .................... Members.
(i) Two representatives of Residential Welfare Associations (RWA) ....... Members.
(j) One representative of Nationalized Lead Bank of the Town/City ............ Member.
(k) Medical Officer from Urban/Community Health Centre ................ Member-Secretary.
(3) The local authority shall publish a notice calling applications from persons interested to represent the street vendors on its website and in at least three prominent local newspapers having wide circulation in the area. A copy of the notice shall also be displayed in a conspicuous place in the local market or markets under the jurisdiction of the local authority.
(4) The notice under sub-rule (2) shall contain, amongst other things, the date of its publication, prescribed form for the application, the last date for, and the manner of, submission of the application.
(5) The notice shall be published at least thirty days prior to the last date for the submission of applications.
(6) On receipt of the application, the local authority shall acknowledge the same and allot an unique application number to each application.
(7) If applications received for a particular category is more than the required number, the local authority shall select the member by conducting election in the manner provided in rule 4.
(8) The local authority shall publish the list of elected members of Town Vending Committee on its website and in any three prominent local newspapers having wide circulation in the area after conducting election.
(9) The list of all the members of the Town Vending Committee shall be published in the Official Gazette.