(1) The general Board of the local authority shall nominate one of the members of the local authority, to as the member of the Town Vending Committee.
(2) The Members of the Street Vendors Association shall be decided by a ballot based election. The election shall be conducted by the Member-Secretary of the Town Vending Committee or his representative by following the procedure and in the manner provided in the Schedule appended to these rules. (3) The Market and Trade Associations and National Lead Bank shall individually nominate one of their officials as a member of the Committee. (4) The Members of the Non-Government Organization (NGO), Community Based Organization (CBO) and Residents Welfare Association (RWA) shall be chosen by the following procedure and in the manner as stated hereinafter, namely:- (i) the local authority shall publish a public notice, calling for applications for the membership of the Town Vending Committee, on its website and in any two prominent local newspapers published in the local language of the area. A copy of the notice shall also be displayed in any conspicuous place in the local market or markets within the jurisdiction of the local authority;
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(ii) the publication of such notice shall contain, amongst other things, the date of publication, the form for the application, qualifications of the candidate, the manner of submission of the applications and the last date for submission of application; (iii) the notice shall be published thirty days prior to the last date for the submission of applications for membership of the Committee; (iv) any person, being a member of any NGO, CBO or RWA is eligible to apply for membership of Committee provided his application is endorsed by the concerned NGO, CBO or RWA and such person shall have completed the age of eighteen years and had not been convicted by any court of law for any criminal offence declaring him to be incompetent to take part in the general election; (v) the local authority may seek information, with respect to, particulars of the applicant and details of work experience, particularly in the field of informal market or markets and street vending within the jurisdiction of the local authority, and such other information as it may deem fit; (vi) the local authority, on receipt of such applications shall allot a unique number to each application and communicate the same to every applicant; and (vii) if the applications received are more than the required numbers, the local authority shall select the member on the basis of lottery. Such lottery shall be held in the presence of the interested parties. (5) The local authority shall publish the aforesaid information and the list of nominated members of the Town Vending Committee on its website, within thirty days from the last date for submission of an application for the membership of the Committee. (6) The formation of the Town Vending Committee (both official and non-official members) shall be published by the State Government in the Official Gazette.