(1) The Federation shall consist of twenty-five members including a Chairman, a Secretary, a Joint Secretary and a Treasurer.
(2) The members of the Federation shall be elected by the trustees of the goshalas of the State in the following manner, namely —
(i) within three months of the preparation of the register of goshalas a notice specifying the date, place and time of the meeting for election of the members and office-bearers of the first Federation shall be sent by the Registrar under postal certificate to each trustee of the registered goshalas at least fifteen days before the date of meeting.
(ii) the Registrar shall preside at the meeting until the trustees present in the meeting have elected a President from amongst themselves to preside over the meeting;
(iii) the President so elected shall then preside over the meeting for the election of members and office-bearers of the Federation;
(iv) at least one half of the total number of goshalas or fifty trustees, whichever is less, shall form the quorum for the meeting:
Provided that if at any meeting the quorum is not present, the Registrar or the President, as the case may be, may adjourn the meeting to some and the notice of such meeting shall be issued in the manner as is prescribed in clause (i) and no quorum shall be required for an adjourned meeting.
(v) all votes shall be recorded by the trustees in person in such manner as may be determined by the Registrar or the President, as the case may be; and
(vi) the election of each member or officer bearer shall be by a majority votes and in the case of an equality of votes the President shall have a second or casting vote.
(3) The President, office-bearers and other members of the Federation shall continue to hold office until they cease to be members by reason of death, resignation or otherwise, but as nearly as possible one fourth of the members shall retire as soon as may be on the expiration of every second year in accordance with the procedure laid down in sub-rules
(1) and (5):
Provided that the term of a person elected as a member or office-bearers to fill a casual vacancy shall be the unexpired term of the members or office bearer in whose place he has been elected.
(4) The members shall be divided into four categories and the members to be placed in each category shall be determined by the President by drawing lots in public in such manner as he may deem fit after notifying in the Bihar Gazette the time at which lots will be drawn; and the term of office of a member shall expire at the expiration of the second, fourth, sixth and eighth year from the date of the constitution of the Federation according as he is placed in the first, second, third or fourth category.
(5) The President shall cause to be published at the office of the Federation a statement showing the term of office of members as determined under sub-rule (4).
1. Framed under section 18 of the Bihar Goshalas Act, 1950 (Bihar Act 28 of 1950) and published in the Bihar Gazette, 1955, notification no. 6694-D, dated 22nd/24th October, 1953.
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