Subs. by sec. 20(b) of U. P. Act no. 44 of 2007. — U. P. ACT No . XXXIII of 1961 ]

4 . Subs. by sec. 20(b) of U. P. Act no. 44 of 2007. Constitution of other Committees specified in sub -section (1) of section 64 Method and manner of election of member and term of Committees specified in sub -section (1) of section 64 Chairman and Vice -Chairman of Committees and their terms (1) Each of the committees specified in clauses (b) to (e) of sub -section (1) of section 64 shall consist of six or nine members to be elected by the members of the 1 [Zila Panchayat] out of themselves according as the total number of members of the 1 [Zila Panchayat] is up to 40 or over 40. The Adhyaksha shall be the ex-officio member and Chairman of the Vitta Samiti 2[and Jan Swasthya Samiti . ] (1) The election of members of the committees specified in sub -section (1) of section 64 shall be made by the method of single transferable vote and in the manner to be prescribed. The term of each committee specified in sub-section (1) of section 64 shall last till the term of the 1[Zila Panchayat] but one-third of the elected members of each committee shall retire in rotation each year and the vacancies caused by rotation shall be filled in the manner provided in sub-section (1). The determination of the members who shall retire in the first year after their election and of the members who shall retire two years after election shall be made by the drawing of lots in the manner to be specified by the State Government. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of an elected member of a committee by reasons of death, resignation or otherwise, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the term of such member by electing another member in the manner provided in sub-section (1). (1) Each committee specified in sub-section (1) of section 64 other than the Karya Samiti and the Vitta Samiti shall at its first meeting to be presided over by the Adhyaksha elect one of its members to be its Chairman and another member to be its Vice -Chairman. The Vitta Samiti shall elect at its first meeting by resolution one of its members to be its Vice -Chairman. In the event of a tie the Adhyaksha shall have a casting vote but shall otherwise have no vote in presiding over the committee under sub -section (1). The term of each elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be one year from the date of election, provided that in the event of a vacancy arising in the office of elected Chairman and Vice-Chairman by reasons of death, resignation or otherwise, a new Chairman or ViceChairman shall be elected for the remainder of the term of the out gone Chairman or Vice -Chairman.

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