(1) The General Board of the local authority shall decide one of the members of the local authority, to be nominated for Town Vending Committee.
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(2) The local authority , by resolution , may decide for the mode of nomination of the members from the Street Vendor Associations, Market and Trade Associations, Non-Government Organization, etc. by any one of the following procedures:-
(a) where it has been decided to go for a ballot based election for the nonofficial members of the Town Vending Committee, the institution wise election shall be conducted by the Collector or his representative following the procedure usually adopted for the election of the representatives of the local authority ; and
(b) where it has been decided to select by lot, the following procedure shall be followed, namely:-
(i) the local authority shall publish a notice calling for applications for the membership of the Town Vending Committee, on its website and in any two prominent local newspapers published in Hindi. 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 ;
(ii) the publication of such notice shall contain, amongst other things, the date of publication, the form for the application, qualification of the candidate, the last date for submission and the manner of submission of the 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 member of any association of street vendors, the market association, the traders association, Non- Governmental Organization and community based organization and resident welfare association is eligible to apply for membership of committee ; Provided that such person must have completed the age of eighteen years and had not been convicted by any court of law for any criminal offence declaring him 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 jurisdiction 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 39
(vii) if the applications received for a category are more than the required numbers, the local authority shall select the member on the basis of lot to be drawn in the presence of interested parties.
(3) The election for the members of the Town Vending Committee from amongst the street vendors shall be conducted in the manner provided in the
SCHEDULE appended to these rules.
(4) The National Lead Bank shall nominate one of its officials as a member for the committee.
(5) The local authority shall put the aforesaid information and the list of nominated members of Town Vending Committee on its website, within thirty days from the last date for submission of application for the membership of the committee.
(6) The formation of the Town Vending Committee (both official and nonofficial members) shall be published by the local authority in the Official Gazette.