Constitution of Market Committee

Constitution of Market Committee. (1) A Mandi Committee shall consist of the following: (a) Chairman elected under section 12; (b) Ten representatives of farmers who possess such qualifications as may be prescribed, who have been elected by direct election in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the rules made thereunder from the constituencies of the Mandi area. Explanation: In this clause, the expression "representatives of farmers" shall not include any such farmer of the Mandi area if any relative of such farmer, namely, wife, husband, father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, father's father, father's brother, father's sister, mother's father, mother's brother or sister, father's brother's son or daughter, father's sister's son or daughter, mother's brother's son or daughter, mother's sister's son or daughter, brother's son or daughter, sister's son or daughter, son's wife, daughter's husband, sister's husband, wife's sister's husband, father's sister's husband, mother's sister's husband, son's son or daughter, daughter's son or daughter, wife's father or mother, wife's brother or sister, wife's brother's son or daughter, wife's sister's son or daughter, husband's brother, husband's brother's wife, husband's brother's son or daughter, holds a trader-licence from any Mandi Committee of the State; (c) One representative of traders who possesses such qualifications as may be prescribed, who shall be elected by and from amongst those persons who have held a licence as traders or owners or occupiers of processing factories from the Mandi Committee under this Act for a continuous period of two years: Provided that in the case of a Mandi Committee established for the first time under section 10, such qualifying period for holding the licence from the Mandi Committee shall be six months: Provided further that no person shall be eligible to be a representative of traders of the Mandi Committee if he has more than two living children, one of whom is born on or after 26th January, 2001: Provided further that any elected representative of traders shall be disqualified from holding such office if one child is born on or after 26th January, 2001, whereby the number of his children exceeds two: Provided further that no person shall be a voter of more than one Mandi Committee at a time: Provided further that any person shall be a voter only when— (i) he has attained the age of 18 years; (ii) he is not a defaulter of the Mandi Committee. Explanation: The expression "defaulter" includes a person who has made default in payment of the destitute fee to be recovered by the Mandi Committee under the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Destitute Persons and Poor Assistance Act, 1970 (No. 12 of 1970). (d) Such members of the State Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha whose constituency's at least fifty percent population resides in such rural areas which are outside the local limits of any Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council or Nagar Panchayat: Provided that in such constituency where more than one Mandi Committee exists, the member of Lok Sabha shall have to give his option as to which Mandi Committee he wants to be a member of: Provided further that a member of Lok Sabha or a member of the State Legislative Assembly who is a member of the Mandi Committee may nominate his representative, who possesses such qualifications as may be prescribed, for the purpose of attending the meeting of the Mandi Committee; (e) One representative of the cooperative marketing society working in such Mandi area, who shall be elected by the managing committee of such society: Provided that if more than one society is working in such Mandi area, such member shall be elected by all the members of the managing committees of such societies: Provided further that nothing in this clause shall apply if the managing committee of any society has been superseded under the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Cooperative Societies Act, 1960 (No. 17 of 1961). (f) One officer of the Agriculture Department of the State Government, who shall be nominated by the Collector; (g) One representative of weighmen and hamals working in the Mandi area who holds a licence from the Mandi Committee, who shall be nominated by the Chairman; (h) One representative of the District Central Cooperative Bank, who shall either be the Chairman of such bank or such other member of its management committee as may be nominated by the Chairman of such bank; (i) One representative of the District Land Development Bank, who shall either be the Chairman of such bank or such other member of its management committee as may be nominated by the Chairman of such bank; (j) One representative of the Gram Panchayat, Janpad Panchayat or Zila Panchayat falling within the jurisdiction of the Mandi area, who shall be nominated by the Zila Panchayat Chairman: Provided that in the Mandi Committees situated at District Headquarters, such representative shall be nominated only from among the members of the Zila Panchayats. (2) All the members under sub-section (1) shall have the right to vote, except such members who have been nominated under clause (f) and such members who are special invitees under the second proviso of clause (d) of sub-section (1). (3) The State Government may make rules for the preparation of voter lists and for the conduct of elections. (4) If the electoral college under clause (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) fails to elect a representative, the Collector shall nominate the representative of the farmers or traders, as the case may be. (5) Every election and nomination of a member shall be notified in the Gazette by the Collector.