Removal of the President and Members

(1) The President or any member of the Executive Committee may be removed from office if they have committed any breach of the Act or failed to discharge their duties under the Act, following a resolution passed by a majority of the members of the Farmer Organization. (a), (b), (c) [Details regarding inquiry and quorum for removal]. (2) [Content as per text: Procedure for conducting the removal inquiry]. (3) [Content as per text: Right of the affected individual to be heard prior to finalization of removal]. (1) A vacancy arising either due to disqualification under sections 14 and 19 or due to death or resignation or by any reason, such vacancy shall be filled up by nomination in the following manner, namely: - (a) In case of the vacancy of the Water Users' Association President, the Managing Committee of the Water Users' Association will select an acting President from its members. Failing to be able to make this decision, the Collector shall appoint one member of the Managing Committee as the Acting President. In the case of the vacancy of a member of the Managing Committee, or when a member of the Managing Committee has been nominated as President, the Collector shall arrange an election in the respective Territorial Constituency in the prescribed manner; (b) In case of the vacancy of the President of the Distributory Committee, the Managing Committee of the Distributory Committee will select an acting President from amongst themselves. Failing to be able to make this decision the vacancy shall be filled by nomination by the managing committee of the Project Committee in the manner prescribed. In the case of the vacancy of a member of the Managing Committee of the distributory committee, or when a member of the Managing Committee has been nominated as President, the concerned Chief Engineer shall appoint a representative from the respective Water Users' Associations; (c) In case of a vacancy of the President of the project committee the Managing Committee of the Project Committee will select an acting President from amongst themselves. Failing to be able to make this decision, the concerned Chief Engineer will appoint one member of the Project Committee as the Acting President. In the case of the vacancy of a member of the Managing Committee of the Project Committee, or when a member of the Project Committee has been nominated as President, the concerned Chief Engineer shall appoint a representative from the respective Distributory Committees; (2) Where the District Collector is required to arrange for an election for filling up of vacancies in sub section (1), the Collector shall take necessary steps to conduct elections to fill up any vacancy caused within a period of two months from the date of occurrence of such vacancy. However, if it is within three months of the ordinary election, the election will be held as normally scheduled. (3) The term of office of a member or President of a farmers' organisation elected under sub-section (2) shall expire at the time at which it would have expired; if he had been elected at the ordinary election.