Dear Old Sanawarians, 

The Elections for Batch Representatives of the following blocks for the Nominating Committee for term 2019 - 21 are due this Founders. You are requested to kindly go through the vacancies mentioned below and if you wish to contest, please do fill in the attached form and hand it over to the President, OSS or Secretary, OSS before the AGM on 04 Oct 2019. 

Image The above is inline with Clause 5.I. a

iv) and Clause 5.I.c of the OSS Rules and Regulations as replicated below: 

a) Membership The Society shall have a Nominating Committee consisting of the following members:

 iv) Two elected representatives from amongst the life members of each 5 year block, except the last block which shall have six members. For the purposes of calculating the ‘Block’ the following rules shall apply: 

a) The first current block shall be from 1996 to 2000. In the block starting from the year 2001, this current block shall become a part of the preceding blocks. b) Every current block shall be considered a full block, even if it is consisting of less than 5 years. 

c) Preceding every current block, there shall be six blocks each of 5 years. 

d) The last block i.e the eighth block shall represent a block comprising of all the previous remaining years. 

c) Election of Members of the Nominating Committee and Other Matters

 i) Members wishing to contest elections to the Nominating Committee shall file their nomination papers with the President prior to the commencement of the Annual General Meeting. 

ii) The election for members representing blocks shall be a simple majority by a show of hands by and from the members of the respective blocks present and a decision of the President shall be final. 

iii) Each member present shall have one vote and there shall be no system of Proxy. 

iv) Any vacancy in the Nominating Committee shall be filled by elections at the next Annual General Meeting. The person/persons so nominated shall continue to be in the Nominating Committee for the balance term of the member in whose place he/she have been nominated. 

v) No person shall continue to be a member of the Nominating Committee if he/she resigns, becomes unsound mind, is involved in/convicted of criminal offence involving moral turpitude or is suspended from the membership of the Society. 

vi) The Nominating Committee shall continue to function not withstanding any vacancy or defeat in the nomination/election of The Old Sanawarian Society Memorandum of Association any of its members. No act or proceeding of the Nominating Committee shall be invalid merely by reason of the existence of vacancy/vacancies or of any defeat in the nomination/election. 

vii) The members so nominated to the Nominating Committee shall have a tenure of 2 years. 

viii) The members of the Nominating Committee shall be eligible for re-election. Regards, Justice Rajive Bhalla Former Judge, P&H High Court, President The Old Sanawarian Society