Election of Executive Committee

(1) The election of the members of the executive committee shall be held in the general body meeting of the Farmers Organisation in the manner as may be prescribed. (2) The term of office of the members of the executive committee shall be five years from the date of the meeting in which they are elected. (3) Any member of the executive committee who is absent from three consecutive meetings shall cease to be a member of the executive committee unless a resolution for the extension of the term is passed by the general body. (4) The executive committee shall meet as often as may be necessary but not less than once in every three months, and the quorum for the meeting shall be as may be prescribed. (1) There shall be a Project Committee called by its distinct name for every project area declared as such under sub-section (1) of Section 9 above. (2) In Irrigation systems, where there are distributory committees all the Presidents and member of managing committee of the Distributory Committees in the Project Area, so long as they hold such office, shall constitute the general body of the Project Committee. (3) In Irrigation systems, where there are no distributory committees all the Presidents and member of managing committee of the Water Users Associations in the project area, so long as they hold such office, shall constitute the general body of the Project Committee. (4) Government may, by notification, nominate one officer each from the Water Resources Department and the Department of Agriculture or Ayacut Department to be the members of the Project Committee as advisors and without having the right to vote.