Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems (Recall) Rules, 2005

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    "title": "Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems (Recall) Rules, 2005",
    "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems (Recall) Rules, 2005",
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    "act_year": 2005,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Andhra Pradesh",
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    "description": "Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems (Recall) Rules, 2005",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(1) \"Act\" means the Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems Act, 1997;\n(2) \"Form\" means a form appended to these rules;\n(3) \"Farmers Organization\" means Water Users Association at the primary level, Distributory Committee at the secondary level and Project Committee at the Project level;",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Notice of recall.",
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            "content": "(a) One third of the voters of Water Users' Association in respect of a Member of Managing Committee, President and Vice-President of a Water Users Association;\n(b) One third members of the General Body in respect of a President or Vice-President of a Distributory Committee;\n(c) One third members of the General Body in respect of a Chairman or Vice-Chairman of a Project Committee.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Authority to receive notice.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Verification.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Extraordinary General Body meeting.",
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            "content": "(i) Member of Managing Committee : President and Vice-President of Water User's Association\n(ii) President and Vice-President of : Distributory Committee with\n(iii) Chairman and Vice Chairman : of Project Committee\nII. In the determination of one-half or three-fourths of the total strength, any fraction below 0.5 shall be ignored and any fraction of 0.5 or above shall be taken as one.\n(b) The Extraordinary General Body meeting for recall shall commence at the appointed time and place and the motion of recall shall be moved in the meeting by the person who has submitted the recall notice or any of the members who have affixed their signatures in the recall notice.\n(c) The Competent Authority shall provide an opportunity to the candidate against whom the recall motion is initiated to defend himself.\n(ii) arrange for wide publicity in all the Villages concerned through notices and tom-tom clearly specifying time, date, venue and purpose of extraordinary General body meeting.\n(d) The Competent Authority shall put the motion to voting through simple chits ensuring secrecy.\n(e) If the motion is carried out with the support of the majority of the members present, the Competent Authority (Engineering) shall by order remove him from the office forthwith in Form-III and the resulting vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as casual vacancy.\n(f) If the recall motion is not passed in the General Body with the required majority it becomes infructuous and the candidate shall continue to hold post(s). No recall motion shall be initiated again against the same person within a period of one year.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Eligibility to hold other posts in Farmers Organisation.",
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            "content": "(b) If a person looses the post of President/ Vice-President in Water Users Association by way of recall, the lopses all the posts, if any, held by him at Distributory Committee level and Project level. However he continues to be Territorial Constituency member in the Managing Committee of Water Users' Association.\n(c) If a person looses the post of President/ Vice-President in Distributory Committee by way of recall, he looses all the posts, if any, held by him at Project Committee level, but continues to be the member of Managing Committee of the Distributory Committee.\n(d) If a person looses the post of Chairman/ Vice-Chairman in Project Committee, by way of recall, he continues to be the member of Managing Committee of Project Committee.",
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Legal Action for Misappropriation.",
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            "content": "Appendix 1\nAppendix 1\nForm-1\nForm-1\n[See Rule 3]\nSl. No.\nSl. No.\nName Village\nName Village\nTerritorial\nTerritorial\nConstituency number\nConstituency number\nSl. No. in voters list\nSl. No. in voters list\nSignature\nSignature\n(1)\n(1)\n(2)\n(2)\n(3)\n(3)\n(4)\n(4)\n(5)\n(5)\n(6)\n(6)\n(Address) .........................................................\nAppendix 2\nAppendix 2\nForm-2\nForm-2\n[See Rule 5]\nVerification\nVerification\nDesignation: ......................................................... Address: .........................................................\nAppendix 3\nAppendix 3\nForm - 3\nForm - 3\n[See Sub-Rule (3) of Rule 6]",
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        "Act ID": "ap112",
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        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "2005",
        "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Farmers Management of Irrigation Systems (Recall) Rules, 2005",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Andhra Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18"
}