Status of a nominated member in a committee
MOHAMED FIROZ
(Querist) 31 March 2017
This query is : Resolved
The Governing Body of a Govt. aided college for minorities has 11 members. Seven of them are appointed by the Govt. and four members are elected from the executive committee which has a strength of 20 members. There is also the General Body comprising of 50 members.
Those of the general public who donate Rs. one lakh are called as patron members and those who donate Rs. 25000 are ordinary members. Both together form the General Body.
According to the constitution of the college the patron members may be nominated to the executive committee which is always filled up with the seven members appointed by the Govt. At present there are 8 patron members in the executive committee. Hence 5 vacancies are available for filling up from the general body.
These 8 patron members are in the executive committee for the past 25 years and are choosing their own men into the governing body much against the wishes of the general public.
The question is when the period of the governing body is 3 years and that of the general body member in the executive committee is also 3 years is it possible for the patrons to occupy their position in the executive committee as lifetime members. The constitution states that the patrons may be nominated to the executive committee and does not specify any time frame.
Are these patrons lifetime occupants of the executive committee or should these patrons get nominated every 3 years?
Dr J C Vashista
(Expert) 02 April 2017
Consult a local lawyer with relevant Rules/ documents/constitution of the college for proper analysis, guidance and advise.
Rajendra K Goyal
(Expert) 05 April 2017
Body can only be constituted with n the ambit of bye laws of the Institution.
T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate
(Expert) 06 April 2017
You can refer to the bye laws of the institution which would provide you the complete details or else you may raise this point in the next general body meeting which conclude with a solution for this if there is no provision in the bye laws to decide about it.
