 
          NEWS LETTER - INDIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS - FEB. 2018
        
        
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          East zone will be -
        
        
          U.P,Bihar,West Bengal, Orissa ,Arunachal Pradesh,Assam,Manipur,
        
        
          Meghalaya,Tripura,Mizoram,Nagaland and Sikkim.
        
        
          South zone will be -
        
        
          Andhra Pradesh. Telangana ,Tamil Nadu,Karnataka,kerala and Pondicherry.
        
        
          andAndaman andNicobar.
        
        
          Central zone will be  -
        
        
          Madhya Pradesh.Rajasthan Chattisgarh and Jharkhand
        
        
          If there is an vacancy from any zone in CECAfter election the candidate with max. no. of vote will
        
        
          be taken as representative fromany zone on all India Basis.
        
        
          a)
        
        
          The voting shall be by registered postal ballot circulated to active members of IAP on the
        
        
          Electoral Rolls as on 31st MARCH. of the same  year of the start of  election process.
        
        
          The ballot  returned by the votingmember will contain  two envelops having all details of
        
        
          the voting person including signature,signature I.D card,membership no and in case of any
        
        
          dispute the election committee can call themembers and clarify it under videography .
        
        
          The inner envelops will have ballot paper sent by the election committee and each ballot
        
        
          will contain signature of chief election officer and ballot no. on it. the election officer
        
        
          should have the data that which no. ballot was sent towhichmember.
        
        
          The secrecy will be maintained by the election committee as they should not disclose that
        
        
          whichmember has casted votes towhom in public.
        
        
          b)
        
        
          Election Committee: The general body of IAP shall appoint five member of IAP other than
        
        
          those on CEC as Election Officers and Chief Election Officer.These five Officers shall
        
        
          constitute an Election Committee and they will open an Election account in a Nationalised
        
        
          Bank operated by any Two of the Election Committee Members including Chief Election
        
        
          officer. EveryOfficer should bemember of IAPwith 10 years ofMembership.
        
        
          c)
        
        
          Election Tribunal: The General Body shall appoint an Election Tribunal consisting of three
        
        
          members who is having membership of IAP for at least 15 years. This Tribunal will hear all
        
        
          dispute arising out of the elections. The decision of the Tribunal shall be binding on all
        
        
          parties. The tenure of the Tribunal shall extend till the new Central Executive Committee
        
        
          take charge.
        
        
          d)
        
        
          The Chief Election officer through CEC shall announce the program of elections along
        
        
          with Election guidelines.
        
        
          e)
        
        
          Electoral rolls should be prepared by the General Secretary in consultation with the
        
        
          Treasurer, consisting of active members as on 31st march of same  year. Members who are
        
        
          in arrears of their subscriptions on or before the end of the month of march. He\she  will not
        
        
          be entitled to vote, propose/ second or stand for election.
        
        
          f)
        
        
          Every candidate contesting election of IAP shall pay a deposit of Rs.15000/- as election
        
        
          money out of which 5000 Rs will be as cautionmoney, provided that
        
        
          i)
        
        
          A contesting candidate who gets less than 10% of the valid votes received by the
        
        
          election officer will lose his/her caution deposit.
        
        
          ii)
        
        
          All other such candidates who get more than 10%of valid votes will be entitled to a
        
        
          refund of the caution deposit within six weeks after declaration of the election results.  Any
        
        
          dispute in this regard shall be decided by the ElectionTribunal.