Filling up of Vacancies.

(1) A vacancy arising in a farmers‟ organization either due to disqualification under section 14 or death or resignation or by any reason shall be filled in the manner prescribed. (2) The term of office of a member or President or Vice-President or Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the farmers‟ organization, so filled up under sub-section (1), shall expire at the time at which it would have expired, if he had been elected at the ordinary election. (3) The Commissioner may issue notification for filling up the casual vacancies in all the farmers‟ organizations every six months, in the manner prescribed: Provided that no casual vacancy arising within the last six months period of the tenure of the post in farmers‟ organizations, shall be filled in by-elections.