(1) The District Authority shall meet at least once in three months;
(2) The Secretary may, or when so directed by the Chairman, convene a meeting of the District Authority at the place, date and time to be fixed in consultation with the Chairman of the District Authority;
(3) Any three members of the District Authority may send their requisition addressed to the Secretary of the District Authority for convening a meeting of the District Authority for consideration of the subjects or matters specified in the requisition;
+ Substituted vide Notification in G.O.Ms.No.6/2014-LD dated 07.02.2014.
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(4) On receipt of the requisition, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Chairman, convene a meeting of the District Authority for consideration of the subject or matters specified in the requisition:
Provided that in case the meeting of the District Authority is going to be held within a month from the date of receipt of the requisition, then the subject or matters mentioned in the requisition shall be included for consideration in the agenda of such meeting.
(5) Any member desiring consideration of any matter or subject at any meeting of the District Authority may intimate in writing such subjects or matters to the Secretary and if such intimation is received before notice for the meeting is issued, it shall be included in the agenda of the meeting but if, however, such intimation is not received before the issue of the notice of the meeting, then, the subject or matters mentioned in the notice may be considered at the meeting with the permission of the Chairman of the District Authority or in his absence, his nominee who presides over the meeting.
(6) The Secretary shall give seven days’ notice to the members for the meeting.
(7) The Chairman of the District Authority nr, in his absence his nominee, shall preside at the meetings of the District Authority.
(8) All questions at any meeting of the District Authority shall be determined by a majority vote of the members present and voting. The Chairman or his nominee who may be presiding at the meeting, shall’ have a casting vote, in case of an equality of votes.
(9) The quorum for the meeting shall be one-third of the total members of the District Authority.
24. Number of officers and other employees of the District Authority under sub-section
(5) of section 9:- The District Authority shall have such class and number of officers and other employees for rendering secretarial assistance and for its day-to-day functions as may be notified by the Government of Puducherry.