AISD believes that Information and Communication are the most powerful tools of development. We are committed to make these available to as many as possible. Our strength is drawn from the support of ordinary people. when united, can do extra – ordinary things. ACT advocate universal Human Rights and Children’s Rights and focus on issues around equality, fraternity and tolerance.
We combat sectarianism and discrimination against people because of caste, color, health status or sexuality. “Integrated Child Protection System” is an initiative of ACT India. It is basically web and windows based application which can ensure child rights on guideline of Integrated Child Protection Scheme.
The Society shall be known as “ALL INDIA SOCIETY FOR DEVELOPMENT”.
Membership of the Society shall be open to any person engaged or interested in Socio-Economic and Educational Development of the Society.
The membership can be obtained by submission of an application on any day during the financial year
(a) Ordinary Members : The following shall be the ordinary members of the Society.
(i) Persons whose names are entered as ordinary members on the Roll of Members of the Society maintained for the purpose at the date of the Registration of the Socie¬ty under Act XXI of 1860 and
(ii)Persons admitted by the Executive Committee after such registration of the Socie¬ty as ordinary members of the Society on Application in Prescribed form.
(b) Qualification for Ordinary Membership : The following persons shall be eligible for admission as ordinary members : Any person who in the opinion of Executive Committee is actively interested in or concerned about the socio-economic and educational problems and development - provided that no person shall be eligible for admission as an ordinary member, unless he has completed twenty years of age at the time of his application for such admission.
(c) Corporate Members : The executive Committee may, on application in the pre¬scribed form admit on such conditions as may be specified in each case, as a Corporate Member of the Society, any authority or organisation, any university department or institute devoted to the study of socio- economic and educational problems, any statutory corporation, any joint stock company, any registered society or any registered business establishment.
(d) Associate Members : The Executive Committee may, on application in the pre¬scribed form, admit as an Associate Member of the Society. The rights and privi¬leges of an Associate Member shall be as prescribed.
(e) Honorary Life Members: The executive committee may elect as an Honorary Life Member of the Academy any person who has rendered conspicuous services to the society.
(f) Founder member will remain life members of the Society provided they do not fail to observe the rules of the Society, or do not harm to the Society in any manner whatsoever. If society has not accepted the membership of the applicant the society will intimate to the applicant in writting with reason.
The admission fee for membership will be Rs. 10/- and annual subscription shall be Rs. 50/-. The subscription fee is payable on 31st March of every year.
The membership shall cease when a member :
(a) Resigns in writing.
(b) Is removed by the Association for anti-association. Non-payment of dues or subscription continuously three months activities or leaves or dies from the due date.
(c) On his/her death.
(d) If he is not attended 3 consecutive meeting of General Body without any informa¬tion.
(A) (a) Each member shall have voting right in the election of office-bearers of the asso¬ciation.
(b) One third of the members of the association may requisition in emergency meet¬ing of General Body to consider issues requiring immediate attention.
(B) The reasons of expulsion of any member shall be communicated to every mem-ber. Every such expelled member shall have a right to appeal before the general body which may or may not be accepted.
A member who has ceased to be a member of the Association may apply for readmission to the President/General Secretary who on receipt of application shall place it before the next meeting of the General Body for consideration. A re-admission fee of Rs. 10/- shall be payable in advance together with the yearly subscription along with applications. The decision of the General Body shall be final and binding.
The General Body shall consist of all the members of the society including office-bearers.
(a) The General Body shall elect the office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee.
(b) The General Body shall consider and approve the budget, financial statement and annual report.
(c) The General Body may discuss matters (including no confidence motion) referred to it by the President or the Executive Committee.
(d) The General Body may discuss any other matter (including no confidence motion) referred to it by at least one-third of the total members of the General Body in writing jointly to the President or General Secretary of the Society. Such a meet¬ing has to the convened within 15 days of the receipt of the notice. The members who are not in a position to attend, may communicate their views in writing on the subjects mentioned in the agenda and other suggestions to the President/General Secretary so as to reach him on or before the date fixed for the meeting. The communication shall be read out at the meeting.
(a) The quorum shall consist of one-third of the total membership or whichever is less. No General Body meeting shall begin without a proper quorum. For an adjourned meeting, however, no quorum shall be required, provided it is held at least 48 hours after the appointed time for the meeting.
(b) The notice along with the agenda items of each meeting shall be circulated at least one week in advance
(c) An emergency meeting of the General Body may be convened with one day's notice wherein only one agenda item shall be discussed. In the emergency meet¬ing censure or no confidence motion would not be taken up for consideration.
(d) The General Body shall be meeting at least once in six months.
Executive committee will be the Chief managing and governing body of the Society.
Executive Committee shall consist of minimum 21 and maximum 25 members. Following is the personnel structure of Governing Body :
(a) Presiden --- One
(b) Vice-President ---Two
(c) General Secretary ---One
(d) Joint Secretary ---Two
(e) Treasurer ---One
(f) Executive Members ---Minimum Fourteen and Maximum Eighteen
(a) All the office bearers and member of the Executive committee shall be directly elected by the General Body after every three year on the same day which shall normally be around 15th March.
(b) No member of the Association will hold any position among the office bearers continuously for three terms.
(c) The general body including office bearers shall nominate a Returning Officer at least four weeks before the date of election. The Returning Officer shall not be entitled to contest for any position of the Society for that term.
(d) The General Secretary shall provide sufficient copies of the list of members of the Society eligible to participate in the election to the Returning Officer 15 days before the date of election.
(e) A member may contest either for the position of an office bearer or the member¬ship by the Executive Committee but not for both positions simultaneously.
(f) Only those members whose names have been included in the electrol rules sub¬mitted by the General Secretary to the Returning Officer shall have a right to vote.
(g) Each member shall have one non-transferable vote for the election of the mem¬bers of the Executive committee. Each voter shall be entitled to cast only one vote to a candidate, all the members including the office bearers will be elected by the General Body.
(h) The voting shall be by a secret ballet or by consensus.
(i) The members proceeding on tour, leave, etc. on or before election day shall be eligible to cast their vote through a postal ballot. The date of availability of ballot papers for casting such votes shall be notified by the Returning Officer in ad¬vance.
(a) The members of the Executive Committee shall be elected for three years and they shall be in office for three financial years.
(b) The outgoing Executive Committee shall hand over charge to the newly elected Executive Committee within a week of declaration of results of the election of office bearers. The newly elected Executive Committee shall start functioning immediately thereafter.
(a) The Executive Committee shall be responsible for the execution of programmes and activities of the Society and shall carry out the decisions of the Society through the General Secretary.
(b) The Executive Committee may appoint sub-committee as and when necessary to carry out such functions as it may deem necessary.
(c) The Executive Committee may invite to its meetings any person(s) for specific purposes. Such persons will have no voting rights.
(d) The Executive Committee shall decide, on the basis of sufficient evidence, wheth¬er a member should be suspended or expelled from the membership of the Society for including in Anti-Society activities. The suspension of expulsion of any member from the Society has to be ratified by the General Body.
The President shall be the head of the Society. His/her main functions will be as follows:
* To preside over the meeting of the General Body and the Executive Committee.
* To call an emergency meeting of the Executive committee or the General Body on issues he/she deems important.
* To convene a meeting of the Executive committee soon after the election results are notified and
* To execute all agreements or documents, etc. with prior approval of the Executive committee with any other body on behalf of the Society.
The Vice-President (Organsing) shall perform all the functions of the President of his/her absence and such other functions as may be assigned to his/her by the President from time to time.
The Vice-President (Academic) shall perform all academic functions pertaining to the Society.
* To organise meetings of General Body and Executive committee as and when necessary.
* To maintain minutes of the meetings of General Body and the Executive Commit¬tee. He/she shall also maintain the records and correspondence of the society.
* To present to the General Body the audited statements of Accounts and the annual reports.
* To present to the General Body for its approval the budget proposals of the Asso¬ciation for the year.
* To spend upto an amount of Rs. 200/- (Rupees two hundred) at a time with the approval of the President subject to the provision in the annual budget approved by the General Body.
* To carry out the decisions of the General Body and the Executive Committee; and
* To carry out such functions as assigned to him/her by the Executive Committee or the President.
The Joint Secretary shall perform all the functions of the General Secretary in his/her absence and such other functions as are assigned to him/her by the General Secretary from time to time.
The Joint Secretary shall perform all academic functions pertaining to the society.
* To receive subscriptions grants, etc. and maintain accounts.
* To prepare the budget proposals of the society;
* To get the accounts duly audited by an auditor appointed by the General Body and prepare the statement of accounts for presentation by the General Secretary to the General Body and the Executive Committee; and
* To drop the money of the society in any Bank in an account to be opened in the name of the Society to be operated by joint signatures of Treasurer and President of General Secretary.
(a) 1/3rd of the total member shall form a quorum at a meeting of Executive Commit¬tee.
(b) The decisions of Executive Committee shall be given by a simple majority vote. The President shall have power of casting vote.
(c) Normally the agenda for the meetings of Executive Committee shall be drawn by the General Secretary in consultation with the President. Any item referred to the General Secretary or President by at least ten per cent of the members of the society shall also be included in the agenda.
(d) When the Executive Committee is unable to decide any issue, the same shall be referred to the General Body for Directions.
(e) The Executive committee shall meet at least once in each quarter (April-June, July-September, October- December, January-March) 7 days notice.
(f) For an adjourned meeting, however, no quorum shall be required, provided it is held at least 48 hours after the appointed time for the meeting.
(a) Any position as an office bearers or members of the Executive committee will be considered to have fallen vacant due to any of the following circumstances :
* On account of resignation as a member or as an office bearer of the Executive Committee; or
* On account of deputation/long leave/training or any other reason necessiating temporary absence from the institute for more than six months.
(b) In case the position of any office bearers falls vacant, election for the same shall be held within two months of the occurance of the vacancy.
(c) In case the position upto two members of the Executive committee falls vacant at a time, the President may fill up the vacancies by co-opting the two members on the advice of the Executive Committee. In case more than two positions of members of executive committee fall vacant at a time, the election for the same shall be held within two months of the occurance of vacancies.
(d) In case of temporary vacancy of any office bearer (not covered in 'a' above), shall be filled up by internal adjustment among the members of the Executive Commit¬tee by the President or in his/her absence by the Vice- President.
(a) The Executive Committee may constitute one or more sub committees as it thinks necessary to undertake any specific problems.
(b) Each sub-committee will consist of three to five members. One member would be nominated as convenor of the committee by the Executive Committee.
(a) The Society funds shall consist of
• Admission fee
• Subscriptions
• Contributions from members
• Donations from general public, institutions/ bodies
• Grants and aids from the Governments.
(b) The funds of the society will be strictly used for achievement and in accordance with the bjectives of the society.
The year of the society shall be the financial year i.e. from 1st days of April every year to the last day of March of the next year.
Accounts shall be audited annually by a qualified Auditor appointed by the General Body. The auditor so appointed should not be an office bearer of the society or member of the Executive Committee.
The funds of Society shall be deposited in nationalised bank or post office in the name of society and shall be operated jointly by the General Secretary and the Treasurer.
List of office bearers and members of the Executive Committee will be prepared every year as required under section 4 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as applicable to Union Territory of Delhi and shall be submitted to the Registrar of Societies, Delhi.
The Association may shall be sued in the name of President/General Secretary as per provision laid down under Section-6 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as applicable to Union Territory of Delhi.
(a) Any amendment/alternation, extension or abridgement of 'purposes' aims and objectives or change of name and in rules will be made in accordance with section - 12 and 12 - A of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as applicable to the Union Territory of Delhi.
(b) In consultation with the General Body amendment may be carried out giving 15 days notice furnishing the details of proposed amendment(s) with at least seventy five per cent members present at the General Body meeting and by a majority of not less than two third of the members voting in favour of the amendment(s).
(a) If the Association needs to be dissolved, it shall be dissolved as per provisions laid down under section-13 and 14 of the Societies Registration Action, 1860 at applicable to the Union Territory of Delhi.
(b) The Association may be dissolved in a meeting of the General Body with not less than Eighty per cent members present and voting.
(c) In the eve of dissolution of the Association, decisions regarding disposal of assets shall be taken by a simple majority of the members present and voting.
All the provision under all the Sections of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as applicable to the Union Territory of Delhi shall apply to this Society.
| Sd/- | Sd/- | Sd/- |
|---|---|---|
| (SHAKTI R. AHMED) President | (M.M. REHMAN) General Secretary | (SUDHIR DAGAR) Treasurer |
H.No.1, Village & Post Office Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068
