(1) Every Municipality shall constitute the Town Vending Committee in the following manner, namely:- A. In the case of a Municipal Corporation, the committee shall consist of the following members, namely;- Official members –
(i) The Municipal Commissioner who shall be the Chairperson of the Town Vending Committee;
(ii) Medical Officer of the local authority or any officer-in-charge of the management of preventive health measures;
(iii) representative of Collector ;
(iv) representative of planning authority ;
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(iii) one Police official nominated by the Director General of Police not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police; and
(vi) one representative of Traffic Police:
Provided that one of the official members as decided by the Chairperson shall act as the Secretary of the Committee.
Non-official members-
(i) one Councillor to be nominated by Local Authority ;
(ii) representatives of the street vendors shall not be less than forty percent of total members in the committee;
(a) while holding election of the street vendors to the Town Vending Committee, the Town Vending Committee, if it deems fit, shall decide the number of seats to be represented for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, minorities and persons with disabilities on a rotation basis; and
(b) for ensuring one-third representation for women, the Town Vending Committee shall decide the number of seats of reserved and open categories before each election which shall be represented by a women candidate only ;
(iii) members of the community based organizations and the Non- Government Organizations shall not be less than ten percent of total members in the committee ;
(iv) one member of the Market and Trade Associations ;
(v) one member of Resident Welfare Associations ; and
(vi) one representative of the Nationalized Lead Bank of the city or town, as the case may be.
B. In the case of a Municipal Council , the committee shall consist of the following members, namely :- Official members –
(i) The Executive Officer shall be the Chairperson of the Town Vending Committee;
(ii) representative of Sub Divisional Magistrate ;
(iii) Medical Officer or his representative ;
(iv) Police Inspector ;
(v) Traffic Police representative; and
(vi) An official or representative of the Town and Country Planning Department of the State, stationed locally or in any nearby city or town:
Provided that one of the official members as decided by the chairperson shall act as the Secretary of the Committee.
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(i) one member of the local authority ;
(ii) representatives of the street vendors shall not be less than forty percent of total members in the committee ;
(a) while holding election of the street vendors to the Town Vending Committee, the Town Vending Committee, if it deems fit, shall decide the number of seats to be represented by Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Minorities and persons with disabilities on a rotation basis; and
(b) for ensuring one-third representation for women, the Town Vending Committee shall decide the number of seats of reserved and open categories before each election which shall be represented by a women candidate only ;
(iii) one member of the Market and Trade Associations;
(iv) members of the Non-Government Organizations and community based organizations shall not be less than ten percent of total members in the committee ;
(vi) one member of Resident Welfare Associations; and
(vii) one representative of the Nationalized Lead Bank of the city or town , as the case may be.
C. In case of a Nagar Panchayat, the committee shall consist of the following members, namely :- Official Members-
(i) the Secretary shall be the Chairperson of the Town Vending Committee ;
(ii) one representative of the Tehsildar ;
(iii) Medical Officer or his representative ;
(iii) Police Sub-Inspector ; and
(iv) Traffic Police representative.
Non official members-
(i) one member of the local authority ;
(ii) representatives of the street vendors shall not be less than forty percent of total members in the committee ;
(a) while holding election of the street vendors to the Town Vending Committee, the Town Vending Committee, if it deems fit, shall decide the number of seats to be represented for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward 37 Classes, Minorities and persons with disabilities on a rotation basis; and
(b) for ensuring one-third representation for women, the Town Vending Committee shall decide the number of seats of reserved and open categories before each election which shall be represented by a women candidate only;
(iii) one member of the Market and Trade Associations,
(iv) members of the Non-Government Organizations and community based organizations shall not be less than ten percent of total members in the committee;
(v) one member of the Resident Welfare Associations ; and
(vi) one representative of the Nationalized Lead Bank of the city or town , as the case may be.
(2) The Non official members shall be elected or selected as per the procedure laid down in the rule 6.
(3) The percentage of reservation shall be followed as per the prevalent guidelines of the State Government.