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section 25

Power of the competent authority to remove certain office bearers

The Andhra Pradesh Rashtra Karshaka Parishad and Allied Bodies Act, 1988
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Chapter V MISCELLANEOUS

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  1. (1) If in the opinion of the competent authority the President of a Parishad or of a Federation wilfully omits or refuses to carry out its orders for the proper working of the concerned body or abuses his position or the powers vested in him, it may, by order, remove such President after giving him an opportunity for explanation.
  2. (2) Where the President of any one of the aforesaid bodies is removed under sub-section (1), the vacancy shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section
  3. (3) be filled by a fresh election in accordance with the provisions of this Act within the prescribed time.
  4. (3) A President removed from office under this section shall not be eligible for re-election as President for a period of two terms from the date of removal.
  5. (4) If the competent authority is satisfied that any member of a Parishad, Federation or Rashtra Parishad is guilty of any activities prejudicial to the interests of any one of the aforesaid bodies it may, by order, remove such member, after giving him an opportunity for explanation and any member so removed shall not be eligible for being a member of any of the aforesaid bodies for a period of two terms from the date of removal.
  6. (5) If the competent authority is of the opinion that the President of a Parishad or Federation or Rashtra Parishad wilfully omitted or refused to carry out its orders for the proper working of the concerned body or abused his position or the powers vested in him, and that the further continuance of such person in office would be detrimental to the interests of the concerned body, it may, by order, suspend such President from office for a period not exceeding three months, pending investigation into the said charges and action thereon under the foregoing provisions of this section: Provided that it shall be competent for that authority to extend, from time to time, the period of suspension for such further period not exceeding three months, so however, that the total period of suspension shall not exceed six months.

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