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PUBLIC NOTICE - From Bombay Parsi Punchayet
PUBLIC NOTICE.From Bombay Parsi Punchayet.Part I
PUBLIC NOTICE
BOMBAY PARSI PUNCHAYET ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR TRUSTEES’ ELECTION FOR SEVEN CANDIDATES UNDER THE UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE SCHEME.
Pursuant to the Hon’ble Bombay High Court’s Order dated 30-04-2008 elections for all the seven trustees will be held as per the below-mentioned Election Schedule.
As per Clause No.14 of the Scheme for Election,any person who shall at the time of Election be a member of the Parsi Community,of not less than 30 years of age(this restriction of age does not apply to any Candidate who has attained the age of 25 years and whom a majority of not less than 2/3rds of the members of the Anjuman Committee desire to be so exempted,by a written requisition to the Trustees) and who shall have been Proposed and Seconded by members of the Anjuman Committee i.e General member or Donor Members,are eligible to stand as Candidates.
Such candidates have to fill in the prescribed form (available from Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s Office),accompanied by a cash deposit of Rs.5000/-. The deposit shall stand forfeited,if the candidates fail to secure atleast 5% of the total votes cast at such an election.
All those members on the General Register and Donor Register,who have so far not collected their Certificates, are requested to collect their respective Certificates to be eligible to exercise their franchise.
If the Certificate has been lost or destroyed,members on the General Register and Donor Register can apply on or before October 1,2008 for a duplicate certificate, application for which has to be filled in a prescribed form along with payment of a fee of Rs.10/-, As per the scheme in force, Members on the General Register and Donor Register will be allowed to vote only on production of their respective Certificates. No duplicate Certificates will be issued and / or collection of original certificates permitted after October 1,2008 inclouding on the Election days at the pollings centres. As per the scheme sanctioned by the Hon’ble High Court,only those Members whose names appear on the General Register and the Donor Register, as on 30-06-2008,will have voting right at the forthcoming Election. The registers will be frozen as on 30-06-2008 as per the sanctioned scheme.
If nominations are received from only seven duly qualified Candidates,in accordance with the sanctioned scheme,such Candidates will be declared duly elected.
In the event of their being more than seven Candidates,election will be conducted as per schedule given hereunder:
By order of the Trustees
(M.P.Colah)
Chief Executive
Bombay Parsi Punchayet.
To be cont.
Printed for Public awareness
by Mr.Mehernosh P.Fitter.
989 2301 884.
PUBLIC NOTICE.From Bombay Parsi Punchayet.Part II
SCHEDULE OF ELECTION
Sr.No. Event Dates.
1.Last date of New Enrollments for eligibillity for voting (as per B.H.C.order dated 30-04-08).30-04-08.
2.Availabilility of final List of members on the General/Donor Registers. 21-07-08.
3.Nominations forms for Trustees’ Election will be issued and accepted from- 28-07-08.
4.Last date for filing Nomination to Trustees’ Election. 02-09-08.
5.Last date of withdrawal of Nominations. 18-09-08.
6.Publishing of the names of candidates in newspapers. 21-09-08.
7.Last date for collecting Member Certificate or its Duplicate. 01-10-08.
8.Election dates at six centres from 10.00 am. to 6.00 pm.
i) Khareghat Memorial Hall,Khareghat Colony,Hughes Road,Mumbai- 400 007. 04-10-08.
ii) Rustom Baug,Byculla. 05-10-08.
iii) SirJ.J. School Building, Ground Floor,Fort. Mumbai 11-10-08.
iv) Sir Shapurji Bharucha Baug,Andheri (West). 12-10-08.
v) Sir J.J. School Building,Ground Floor,Fort.Mumbai. . 18-10-08.
vi) J.B.Vatcha School,Dadar. Mumbai 400 014. 19-10-08.
9.Declaration of election results by Scrutinizer and President latest by. 27-10-08.
10.Result to be published on the Notice Board of the B.P.P. latest by. 27-10-08.
11.Result to be published in Newspapers latest by. 28-10-08.
By order of the Trustees
(M.P.Colah)
Chief Executive
Bombay Parsi Punchayet.
To be cont:
Printed for Public awareness
by Mr.Mehernosh P.Fitter.
PUBLIC NOTICE.From Bombay Parsi Punchayet.Part III.
N.B.:
1) A member can exercise his/her voting right at any of the centres and dates specified above.
2) Certificates collected on production of Authority Letter by a third party should have the member’s signature duly attested either by a Notary or Special Executive Officer. Members whose certificates are not attested will not be allowed to vote.
3) In case of their being a tie, in the number of votes cast between two or more candidates, Rule 21(C) (xv) of the scheme would apply and the date of the result would be deferred by 4 days.In such an event the declarrationof the result on the Notice Board of the B.P.P. would be declared on 30-10-2008 and the same would be published in the Newspapers on 31-10-2008.
4) Members of the General & Donor Register who have been issued two or more separate certificates (one issued earlier and the other taken again subsequently) can vote only once and only one certificate will be treated as valid.
5) Voters have to elect seven Trustees by placing a cross each against one or more names but not exceeding seven names on the Ballot paper that will be supplied to them. If more than one cross is affixed against any name,the entire ballot paper will become invalid. Similarly, if crosses are affixed against more than seven candidates such Ballot papers will also be treated as invalid. Any identification mark other than a cross will invalidate the ballot paper.
6) Certificates laminated by members of the General & Donor Register will not be acceptable. In case a Certificate has been laminated, the member should destroy such certificate and obtain a duplicate certificate urgently in order to be eligible to Vote.
7) As per Clause 4(d) of the Scheme for the Election of the Trustees each Donor Member vote would be counted / treated as two votes. However, the donors have to affix only one cross against their selected name / names of the candidates, but not more than seven crosses.
Votes should note that only those certificates bearing the caption “General Register” or “Donor Register” would be treated as valid.
It is further notified that the full list of registered members on the General and Donor Register eligible to vote for the forthcoming Trustees’ Election is available on the Web and members can verify their enrollment or otherwise on the net address which is www.bppvoterslist. org
By order of the Trustees
(M.P.Colah)
Chief Executive
Bombay Parsi Punchayet.
To be cont.
Printed for Public awareness
by Mr.Mehernosh P.Fitter.
989 2301 884.
Instructions for becoming a BPP Voter:
Hurry! Registration ends on 30/06/2008 !
1. Download, print out and fill up the Registration Form. You may get the forms from BPP office also.
Click here for English Version
Click here for Gujarati Version
Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP),
209, Dr. Dadabhai Naoroji Road, Fort, Mumbai-400001.
Tel: 2262 7421-22-23
2. Submit 2 photographs, passport size
3 (a) You can Register as an General voter by paying Rs.10/-
OR
<!–[if !supportLists]–>(b) <!–[endif]–>Register as a Donor Voter by paying Rs.25,000/- This will give you the right to have two votes. This means if you vote for candidate X your vote will be counted as 2 votes for being a donor voter.
4. You can submit the form directly to the BPP office.
5. You can pick up the certificate which entitles you to vote, from the BPP office itself.
Special Instructions:
1. If the certificate is picked up on your behalf by a person other then yourself, then your signature on the certificate will have to be verified by a magistrate or a notary office.
2. Do not laminate your certificate as it will render your certificate Null and Void.
3. Registration ends on 30th June 2008.
If you have already registered as a voter, you may confirm your name by visiting www.bppvoterslist.org
For detailed Public Notice regarding procedure, dates, nominations, etc., given by BPP in Jame Jamshed - Click Here
