Temporary absence of directors

(1) If the Chairman or any other director of the Corporation is by reason of illness or otherwise rendered temporarily incapable of carrying out his duties, or is granted leave of absence by the State Government, or is otherwise unable to attend his duties in circumstance not involving the cessation of his directorship, the State Government may appoint another person to act for him and carry out his duties and functions by or under this Act. Such person shall vacate office on the date when the director for whom he is acting resumes his duties. (2) In the absence of Chairman, the directors present shall choose the Presiding Officer to preside over the meeting. The allottee within a period of 3 years from the date of these regulations coming in to force or within a period of 5 years from the date of taking over possession whichever is later, shall compulsorily utilize to the extent of at least 30% of FAR of the land/plot area allotted, for construction of factory or other building. In case of the failure on part of the allottee to utilize the minimum prescribed area for built-up, the Corporation shall levy 50% additional lease rental on the permissible but unutilized area of the said plot. However, any relaxation, indulgence granted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in deserving cases should not be treated as waiver on behalf of the Corporation and will not prejudice or effect its rights to initiate action against the defaulting allottees. In case of the failure of the allottee to comply with the above plot utilization norms, the Corporation will have the right to repossess the unutilized portion of the land without any compensation to the allottee, subject to guidelines approved by Board from time to time. (i) Upon receipt of an application in the prescribed form along with all the mandatory documents as specified under Schedule IV, the Corporation shall communicate the deficiency if any within a period of 21 working days or if the application is complete in all respects take a decision in respect of the permission referred to under clause 4 above and communicate by certificate of posting or registered A/D within a period of 45 working days failing which it shall be deemed to be granted. However, party shall be bound to pay all necessary fees and charges to the Corporation as per the prevailing rates and these regulations. The date of the dispatch of the letter shall be the date of the communication. The application would be treated as complete in all respects only after all the documents listed under Schedule IV are submitted by the applicant. The deeming provision shall not apply to the sub-leases prohibited under clause 11 (i). (ii) All the applications received shall be verified by a Scrutiny Committee constituted for that purpose by the Managing Director to ensure that the applications are complete in all respect and each application shall be processed and placed before the Screening Committee along with a duly filled up check list. (iii) The following Screening Committee shall be constituted for screening the applications and the quorum shall be of four members present with atleast one of the members present being among the two specified under (e) and (f):— (a) Any one Director nominated by the Board. (b) Chief General Manager of the Corporation. (c) Chief Accounts Officer of the Corporation. (d) General Manager (Engineering) of the Corporation. (e) Nominee of Goa State Industries Association. (f) Nominee of Goa Chambers of Commerce and Industry. The meetings of the Screening Committee shall be chaired by the Director nominated by the Board and the Chief General Manager of the Corporation shall be the member convener. (iv) The Screening Committee shall scrutinize the applications and the project report furnished by the applicants on the basis of these regulations and submit its recommendations to the Managing Director of the Corporation who shall decide upon the said applications.