Draft
Constitution of the
Income-tax
Pensioners Federation
Article
I.
Name :- The name of the Association shall be
the "Income-tax Pensioners Federation" hereinafter referred to as
ITPF.
Article II.
Central Head Quarters: - The Central Head
Quarter of the ITPF shall be at "Manishinath Bhawan", A-2/95, Rajouri Garden,
New Delhi -
110027. Any dispute arising from the action taken in consonance with the
provisions of this constitution shall, therefore, only be under the
jurisdiction of the Courts of law situated in New Delhi.
Article III.
Aims and Objects: - The aims and objects shall
be:
(i) to protect and promote the interest of the Pensioners, who retired from service of the Income tax Department,
Government of India. t
(ii) to control, coordinate and guide the activities
of the Circles /Branches,,
(iii) to do all such things as are incidental or
conducive to the attainment of the aims and objects mentioned above or any one
of them.
Article IV.
Membership
:- Any Pensioner of the Income-tax Department shall be entitled to become a member of the ITPF provided he/she agrees
to abide by the constitution, rules, regulations, directives and discipline of
the ITPF an application in the prescribed form (Annexure-A) duly signed.
Article V.
Admission:
- Any Pensioner desirous of becoming a member of the ITPF shall make an
application in writing in the prescribed form (Annexure-A) to the Secretary
General together with a payment of
Rs.100/- as admission fee. The
application will be scrutinized by the Circle Executive for the purpose of
affording membership. The application
will be considered by the Circle Executive for grant of membership at the next
Executive Meeting to the applicant individuals.
In case the Circle Executive is of the considered view that the
applicant should not be afforded membership, then the same will be forwarded to
the Secretary General, CHQ for a final decision by the Secretariat of the CHQ.
Article VI.
Forfeiture of membership: - A member may lose his membership if he is in default
of payment of renewal fee or the monthly subscription ( as prescribed by
the Circle Conference) continuously for a period of six months. Those members who forfeited their membership
for default of payment of subscription or renewal fees (as the case may be)
shall not be entitled to vote, contest or participate in the Conference of the
ITPF CHQ/Circle Conference/ Branch General Body meetings. Those who forfeited their membership may
rejoin the ITPF on payment of arrears and the readmission fees. Readmission fee
is at the rates on par with the admission fee.
Article VII.
(a) Renewal fees :- Every member of the ITPF shall
renew his/her membership once in a year (in the month of April) by
making a payment of renewal fees of Rs.100-.The renewal fees shall be collected
and remitted to the Central Head
Quarters of ITPF along with a list of paid up membership in the month of April
every year.
(b) Subscription: - Every member of the ITPF
shall effect payment of monthly/annual subscription at the rates decided by the
Circle Conference. The Circle Conference
will determine the rate of subscription to be collected from each member of the
concerned Circle on the basis of a resolution adopted at the Conference in this
regard. The Circle Conference will also
decide the portion of the subscription collected from the members to be
retained by the Branches concerned.
Article VIII.
Membership register: - The membership register will be maintained by the ITPF
CHQ on the basis of the application for admission received. The Circle//Branch Secretaries shall intimate
to the CHQ the change in address of individual members. The Circle HQrs will also maintain a register
of membership in respect of the members of the Circle concenrned.
Article IX.
Organisation and Management: CHQ. : - For the functioning, managment and administration
and governance of the ITPF, there shall be:
A. (i) Central
H.Qrs. All India
Delegates Conference: - The All India
Delegates Conference shall be the Supreme body of the ITPF. The Conference shall be composed of the
Members of the Secretariat of the CHQ and delegates elected by the Circles as per Clause A(iv)
of Article IX. The Conference shall
ordinarily meet once in every three years .However, the Central Working
Committee of ITPF shall have the powers to extend the date of Conference by
another 3 months in case of unavoidable circumstances and exigencies. The Conference shall normally consider
inter-alia the following agenda:-
(a) to consider and adopt the report and audited
statement of accounts of the ITPF CHQ submitted by the Central Working
Committee and other reports if any :
(b) to elect Office bearers/Secretariat members;
(c) to consider matters as may be referred to by the
Central Working Committee,
(d) to amend the Constitution,
(f) to discuss and decide all questions of Policy and
Programme,
(g) to consider and pass resolution on problems and
demands of the pensioners.,
(h) to consider and decide any other matter for which
due notice is given,
(i) to
appoint an Auditor.
Note :- (i) Resolution proposed to be moved
and considered at the Conference should reach the Secretary General at least 30 days in
advance.
(ii) Resolution affecting any change in the
provisions of the Constitution shall not be considered as carried unless it is
passed by not less than two third of the members present and voting. Any resolution seeking amendment to the
Constitution shall be submitted to the ITPF CHQ clearly two months in advance
to the date of Conference. The CHQ
proposal to amend the Constitution of ITPF shall be circulated on or before 30
days of the Conference. The resolution to amend the Constitution shall be deemed to have
been carried only after its approval by the Government and shall accordingly
take effect from the date of grant of such approval by the Government.
(iii) The
election for the CHQ Secretariat shall be held at the Conference through secret
ballot from among the delegates. The
election officer shall be appointed by the C conference on the basis of the
suggestion made by the CHQ Secretariat. The person so appointed as Election
shall r be a member of the ITPF. .
(iv) The tenure of the
office bearers elected at the All India Conference shall ordinarily be three
years and may be extended only by three months in case of unavoidable
circumstances and exigencies. On the
expiry of the term of three years or three years and three months as the case
may be the office bearers so elected shall cease to be the office bearers.
(v) any subject not on the agenda may be
considered with the approval of the Chair.
A. (ii) Special Conference:
- A Special Conference may be convened on the recommendation of the Central
Working Committee or on requisition made by not less than two thirds of the
Circles.
A. (iii) Notice for
Conference/Spl. Conference: - Notice
for holding the Conference shall be issued at least 45 days before the date of
commencement of the Conference. In the
case of Special Conference the notice shall be issued 20 days prior to the date
of commencement of the Special Conference.
A. (iv)(a) Delegates
:- The Circles shall be entitled to send delegates who must enjoy the primary
membership of the ITPF on the following basis to attend the Conference and each
such delegate shall pay a sum of Rs.100/- as delegate fee. One delegate for
every 200 members or part thereof provided the part is 100 or more, subject to
a minimum of one delegate for each Circle.
A(iv) (b) The number of delegates for the All India Conference
will be determined on the basis of the paid up membership (renewal fees) of the
concerned circles. Each Circle shall be entitled to depute one delegate for
every 200 paid up members or part thereof provided the part is 100 or more
subject to the minimum of one delegate for each circle. The CHQ Secretariat on the basis of the
paid up membership shall intimate the number of delegates entitled to be sent
by the concerned circles prior to the All India Delegates Conference. The delegates will normally be selected from
among the members of the Circle Secretariat.
In the case of those Circles where the entitled number of delegates
exceeds the number of office bearers, the Circle Working Committee/Executive
Committee shall be entitled to elect the number of extra delegates from among
the members of the ITPF of that Circle.
NOTE: Every delegate including the CHQ Office
bearers shall have the voting right. In
the case of those Circles who have chosen to depute fewer delegates than it is
entitled to, the Circle General Secretary shall have the right to cast the vote
of the absentee delegates.
A. (v) Voting
power :- The voting power of each
Circle/ shall be fixed on the basis of one vote for every 200 fully subscribed
and renewed membership or part thereof, provided the part is 100 or more,
subject to a minimum of one vote for each Circle. The voting right of each Circle/ shall be
exhibited prior to the commencement of the election. The decision of the Committee comprising of
Secretary General, Finance Secretary and Auditor shall be final to resolve the
dispute if any arising from the exhibited voting right.
A. (vi) Quorum: - The quorum for the Conference/Special Conference
shall be 15% of the entitled delegates, provided however, that at least half
the number of Circles are represented.
For adjourned meeting no quorum will be required.
Article IX B.(i) Central
Working Committee :- It shall consist
of the CHQ Secretariat members and the Circle Secretaries or any other Circle
Office bearer duly authorised by the Circle Secretary in case he/she is unable to
attend the Central Working Committee meeting.
B(ii) Central Working Committee shall meet once in a year ordinarily and more frequently if
necessary. A clear 15 days notice shall
be given for the meeting which period may be reduced to 7 days in case of
emergency.
B(iii) If it is not possible to convene a Central Working
Committee meeting for any reason, the Secretary General may circulate the matter among the members of
the Central Working Committee and record
a minute based on the majority decision of
the members of the Central Working Committee.
B(iv) In between the sessions of the Conference, the Central Working Committee
shall exercise the powers of the Conference enumerated in clause,(g),(h) of Article (IX) (A) (i) and the following :
B(iv)(a) to decide upon suspension, expulsion and other
disciplinary action against any member of the ITPF, on the basis of the report
of the Secretary General.
B(iv)(b) To take a final decision on any Organisational or
election dispute in the Circle or s on the basis of the report of the Secretary General as provided for in Article
IX C (V) and (d).
B(iv)(c) In the event of any dispute in the Circle where by
the functioning of Circle is impaired to appoint an Ad-hoc Committee with
delegated powers of the Circle/ as the case may be for a period not exceeding six months, as per the
report of the Secretary General as
provided for in Article IX (C) (V) (c) and (d).
B(iv)(d) The decision of the Central Working Committee in the
matters referred to the clauses B(iv)(b) and B(iv)(c) above shall be final and
binding on all concerned.
B(iv)(e) To decide upon the formation and modalities of
Circles and their functioning.
B(iv)(f) In the event of any vacancy arising in the Secretariat
including the post of Auditor, , the Central Working Committee shall have the
powers to fill in such vacancy by co-option.
B(v) Quorum :- The quorum of the Central
Working Committee shall not
be less than 1/3rd of its strength. For
adjourned meeting no quorum is required.
B(vi) Voting Power :- Voting shall be on the basis of one vote for every
Central Working Committee member. In
case of a tie, the President shall have a casting vote besides his own.
In
between the two Central Working Committees the CHQ Secretariat of the Federation shall meet from
time to time and take necessary decision for the smooth functioning of the
Federation. It will issue necessary
directions to the Circles to ensure the compliance of the provisions of this
Constitution, the decisions taken at the Central Working Committees/Conference
as the case may be. Such directions will be complied by the
Circles.
C.(i) Secretariat :- It shall consist of (a) President (b) Three Vice
Presidents (c) Secretary General (d) Additional Secretary (f) Finance Secretary
(h) two Assistant Secretaries.
C(ii) All the members of the Secretariat shall be primary members of the ITPF.
C(iii) All
Secretariat members shall be
elected by the Conference with their consent to be expressed in writing though
they may not be physically present at the Conference.
C(v) Powers and
Functions of the members of the Secretariat :-
C(v)(a) The President shall preside over the Conference and
the meetings of the Central Working Committee.
In all matters of procedure the ruling given by the President shall be
final.
C(v)(b) The Vice- Presidents shall assist the President in
his work. In the absence of the
President, one of the Vice Presidents shall preside and in the absence of the
President and the Vice Presidents any member proposed, elected and present in
the meeting will preside over the meeting.
C(v)(c) The Secretary General shall be the Chief Executive of
the ITPF. He shall carry out the mandate
of the Conference and the Central Working Committee. He shall conduct all correspondence, representations
with the authorities concerned, prepare all reports and returns, sign papers
and cheques, issue pay orders, maintain all records, convene the Central
Working Committee and the meetings of the Conference under instructions of the
Central Working Committee, and do such other things as may be necessary from
time to time. Between the two meetings
of the Central Working Committee he will act on matters of vital importance on
the basis of the majority decision of the members of the Central Working Committee
obtained under Article IX B (iii). He
shall be allowed an imprest cash of Rs. 2,000/- and shall render accounts for
the same to the Finance Secretary. He
will also have powers to incur expenses of recurring character.
C(v)(d) In case of any dispute arising among the members of
the Sectt, or among the Central Working Committee members or among members of
the General Body of any Circle/, the
Secretary General shall have power to convene a meeting of the disputants
or their representatives and submit a report with his recommendation to the
Central Working Committee which shall be convened for taking a decision in the
matter for resolving the dispute.
C(v )(e) The
Additional Secretary shall assist the Secretary General in the day today
functioning of the Federation. In the
absence of Secretary General, he shall function as Secretary General of the
Federation
C(v)(g) The Finance Secretary shall be responsible for the
maintenance of accounts and will be responsible to the Central Working
Committee for rendering a proper account of the monies vested with him. He shall keep an imprest cash of Rs. 2,000/-
with the Secretary General He shall
render the audited accounts to the meeting of the Central Working Committee and
to the Conference.
C(v)(h) The Asstt. Secretaries shall function under the
direction of the Secretary General..
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Article X. Organisation
and Management of Circles:-
A(i) The Circle Head Quarters will normally be
at the place where the State capital is located. The list of Circles with its Head Quarters is
annexed as Annexure B.
A(ii) Circle Delegate
Conference :- Circle Delegates
Conference will be supreme deliberative body for the management of the affairs
of the respective Circles. It shall
consist of Circle Office bearers and other delegates duly elected by the
respective s /Branches. The Circle
Conference shall ordinarily meet once in two years. However, the Circle Working
Committee/Executive Committee may extend the tenure of office by a period not
exceeding 3 months on account of unavoidable exigencies. The Circle Conference will:-
A(ii)(a) Consider and adopt the report of the Circle Secretary
and Audited Statement of accounts of the Circle submitted on approval of the
Circle Executive Committee.
A(ii)(b) To elect Office bearers (Circle Secretariat Members)
and/or Executive Committee members from
among the delegates and appoint an Auditor and ratify the appointment of the
Election Officer.
Note: The tenure of the
office bearers so elected at the Circle Conference shall normally be two years
extendable by another three months in the case of unavoidable circumstances and
exigencies. On the expiry of the said term of
two years or two years and three months as the case may be they shall
cease to be the office bearers of the Circle concerned.
A(ii)(c) Consider and decide upon the matters referred by the
Circle Executive Committee.
A(ii)(d) To suspend as a measure of discipline any Office
bearer viz. the members of the Circle Sectt./al Sectt/Branch Sectt or any
member of the ITPF of the concerned Circle.
A(ii)(e) To pass resolutions on demands/problems.
Note :- (1) Resolutions proposed
to be moved at the Circle Delegate Conference should reach
the Circle Secretary at least 20 days in advance.
(2) Elections shall be held by Secret ballot.
(3) The Circle Delegate Conference shall appoint an Election
officer for conducting the election at the conference.
A (iii) Spl.
Circle Delegate Conference: - A Special
Circle Delegates Conference may be convened at the recommendation of the Circle
Executive Committee or on requisition made by
not less than 2/3rd of the branch and al Secretaries or at the instance
of the ITPF CHQ, New Delhi.
A(iv) Notice for the Circle Delegates Conference/Special Circle
Delegates Conference :-The notice for the holding of Circle Delegates
Conference shall be issued at least 30 days before the date of commencement of
the Conference. In case of Special
Circle Delegates Conference the notice shall be issued 14 days prior to the
date of commencement of Special Circle Delegate Conference.
A(v) Delegates :- The Branches/s shall be entitled to send
delegates, who are primary members of the ITPF on the following basis to attend
the Circle Delegates Conference and each delegate shall pay a sum of Rs. 100/-
as delegate fee :
One delegate for every 20 members or part thereof
provided the part is 10 or more subject to a minimum of one delegate for each
Branch. Nothing in the foregoing provision shall prevent the Branches from
deputing fewer delegates than entitled to.
In that case the branch secretary shall be entitled to vote for and on
behalf of the absentee delegates.
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2. The Circle Secretariat shall determine the number
of delegate each branch is entitled to depute to the Circle Delegate Conference
on the basis of every 20 paid up
membership. The Circle Secretariat of
those circles mentioned in Article IXA(v) will determine the number of delegate
in the branches of those circles on the basis of paid up membership at the rate
of one delegate for every 10 member.
3. In the case of branches where the paid up
membership is 20, the Branch Secretary shall be the delegate to the Circle
Conference. If the paid up membership is
40, then Branch President and the Branch Secretary shall be the delegates for
the Circle Conference. In the case of
those branches where the membership is 60/80, the Branch Treasurer and the
Branch Jt. Secretary shall be the delegates to the Circle Conference in that
order. In respect of those branches where
the paid up membership exceeds 80, Branch General Body shall decide the names
of the extra delegates the branch is entitled to depute to the Circle Conference. In determining the number of delegate each
branch is entitled to depute to the Circle Conference the part beyond the
multiples of 20 shall be ignored if the said part is less than 10 and shall be
counted as 20 if the said part is more
than 10. In the case of branches
mentioned under Note-1 of Article XA(v), the words '10', '20','30' and '40'
shall be substituted in place of '20','40' and '60/80' mentioned supra in this
clause. In the case of these branches
the part exceeding 5 will be treated as 10 and less than 5 shall be ignored.
A(vi)(a) Voting power :- Voting
power in each /Branch of the circles other than those mentioned in Note
1 of Article XA(v) shall be fixed on the basis of one vote for every 20 fully
subscribed membership or part thereof
provided that part is 10 or more subject to a minimum of one delegate
for each branch. The voting right of
each branch shall be exhibited prior to the commencement of election. The Circle Office Bearers shall be the
delegates of the Circle delegate Conference as specified in Art.XA(ii) of the
Constitution. They will have the voting rights at the Conference at the rate of one
vote for each of the Circle Office
Bearers.
A(vi)(b): Voting of
each /branch in the case of those circles mentioned in note in Article
XA)V) shall be fixed on the basis of one vote for every 10 fully
subscribed membership or part thereof
provided the part is 5 or more subject to a minimum of one delegate.
A(vii) Quorum :- Quorum for the Circle Delegate Conference/Special
Circle Delegates Conference shall be 15% of the delegates entitled to attend
the Conference. However, for the
adjourned meeting no quorum will be required.
B.(i) Circle Executive Committee
:- It shall consist of Circle
Secretariat, Branch Secretaries/Branch representative as the case may be ..
B.(ii) Circle Executive Committee shall meet once in six months ordinarily and more
frequently if, necessary, A clear 15 days notice shall be given for the meeting
which period may be reduced to 7 days in case of emergency.
B.(iii) The Circle Executive Committee shall exercise the
following powers :
B.(iii) (a) To take appropriate decisions to carry out the
directive of the ITPF CHQ.
B.(iii) (b)
To take appropriate decision to pursue the local demands of the Pensioners
of the Circle.
B.(iii) (c)
To decide upon suspension of any member of the ITPF of the concerned Circle on
the basis of the report submitted by the Circle Secretary.
B.(iii) (d)
In the event of any dispute in any Branch of the concerned Circle whereby the
functioning of the Branch is impaired, to appoint an Ad-hoc Committee with
delegated powers of the Branch for a period not exceeding three months.
B(iv) Quorum :- The quorum
of the Circle Executive Committee
shall not be less than 1/3rd of its strength.
B.(v) Voting :- Voting shall
be on the basis of one vote for every Executive Committee member. In case of a tie, the Circle President shall
have a casting vote besides his own.
C.(i) Circle Secretariat :- It shall consist of (a) Circle President, (b)
three Circle Vice Presidents, (c) Circle General Secretary, (d) Circle
Treasurer, (e) Circle Joint Secretary,
C(ii) All members of the Circle Sectt. shall be primary
members of the ITPF of the respective Circles.
C(iii) All members of
the Circle Secretariat. shall be elected by the Circle Conference through
secret ballot.
C(v) Power and functions
of Circle Sectt. :-
C(v)(i) Circle President
:- He shall preside over all meetings
of the Circle and shall exercise general
supervision over the work of the Circle.
C(v(ii) Circle Vice
Presidents :- They shall assist the
President in the discharge of his duties and any of them shall act as
President, in the absence of President.
C(v)(iii) Circle
General Secretary :- He shall be the Chief Executive of the Circle and shall administer
the affairs of the Circle under the control and direction of the Circle
Delegates Conference and the direction of CHQ.
He shall have the powers to incur an expenditure not
exceeding Rs. 1,000/- at a time. He
shall conduct all correspondence of the Circle.
He shall maintain register of members, prepare annual reports, convene
all the meetings, keep minutes of the proceedings there of and perform such
other functions as may be entrusted to him by the Circle Executive Committee.
C(v)(vi) Circle Joint Secretary :- He shall assist
the Circle Secretary and attend to the
duties assigned by the Circle Executive Committee. He shall act as Circle General Secretary, in
the absence of the Circle General
Secretary and the al Secretaries.
C(v)(vii) Circle Treasurer
:- He shall be responsible for the maintenance
of accounts and will be responsible to
the Circle Executive Committee for rendering a proper account of the
monies vested in him. He shall keep an
imprest cash of Rs. 1,000/- with the Circle General Secretary. He shall render the audited account before
the Circle Delegates Conference.
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A(viii) al Secretariat :- It shall consist of al President/al Vice President,
al Secretary, al Joint Secretaries and al Asstt. Secretaries, al Treasurer and
Asst. Treasurer and such other office Bearers as is decided upon by the Circle
Conference that will be held immediately after adoption of this Constitution.
A(ix) Powers and
functions of al Sectt :- The powers
and functions of the al President, al
Article XII. A .Organisation and Management of Branches:
A(i) Branch Executive
Committee :- There shall be a Branch
Executive Committee for each of the Station
which is normally where the
district capital is located or the station at which the Circle has decided that
the Branch must exist taking into account the number of members residing in a
particular locality.. The Circle Conference
to be held immediately after the adoption of this Constitution shall decide
upon the number of Branch as in each
Circle as per the geographical and Organisational requirement.
The Branch Executives shall consist of the Branch Secretariat and a Committee
member for every 25 primary members elected from among the members of the ITPF
of the concerned Branch through secret ballot or at the Annual General Body
meeting of the Branch. The tenure of the
Branch Sectt. shall be for a period of one year extendable by three months as
decided by the Branch Executive Committee and they shall cease to be the Branch
office bearers on the expiry of the tenure of one year or one year and three
months as the case may be.
A(ii) Branch General Body meeting shall consist of all
primary members of the Branch and shall meet once in a year, extendable by
three months on the basis of such decision by the Branch Executive
Committee. The Branch General Body
meeting will elect the Branch Executive Committee and the Branch Sectt. Every primary member will have one vote.
A(vi) Powers and
functions of the Branch Secretariat and Branch Executive Committee :- (a) Branch President : He shall preside
over all the meetings of the Branch Executive Committee and Branch General Body
meeting.
(b) Branch Secretary: He shall be the Chief
Executive of the Branch and shall administer the affairs of the Branch and
carry out the directions received from /Circle/CHQ. He shall conduct all correspondence of the
Branch. He shall maintain register of
members, prepare annual branch reports, convene all meetings, keep minutes of
the proceedings thereof and do such other things as may be entrusted.
(c) Branch Treasurer: He shall be responsible
for collecting the subscription from the members of the ITPF as also the
admission fee from the primary members and arrange to remit the dues to the
/Circle/CHQ. Besides, he shall maintain
the accounts of the Branch and present the same to the Branch Executive
Committee and Branch General Body meeting.
(d) Branch
Executive Committee shall be responsible to take appropriate steps to carry out
the directions received from the /Circle/Central Head Quarters.
Article XIV. Allocation
of subscription: - The amount of
subscription and the mode of remittance to the Circle and al Head Quarters and
the permissible extent of retention by the Branches etc. shall be decided upon
by the Circle Conference which will be held immediately after the adoption of
this Constitution. However, it will be
subject to the conditions imposed under Article VII lbid.
Article XV. Application of
funds :-
The application of funds of the ITPF
shall be as under :
(a) meeting expenses
of the Office Bearers.
(b) payment of expenses
of the administration of the affairs of the ITPF at CHQ, Circle, and Branch.
(c) upkeep of the journal or any other periodicals
of the ITPF.
(d) payments in
furtherance of the aims and objects of the ITPF.
(e) the funds shall be
deposited in the Bank/Banks and shall be operated by the Secretary General or Finance Secretariat the CHQ, Circle
General Secretary and Treasurer, al Secretary and Treasure, Branch Secretary
and Treasurer of Circle, and Branch
respectively.
Article XVI.
On adoption
of the audited statement of account and report by the respective Circle
Conference/Circle General Body meeting as the case may be, the same shall be
submitted to the ITPF CHQ. Similarly the
al Secretaries and Branch Secretaries shall submit the statement of accounts to
the respective Circle Secretaries and al Secretaries.
Article XVII. Accounting
year: - It shall be the financial
year i.e. from 1st April to 31st March, and the account shall be audited each
year by the Auditor.
Article XVIII. Discipline:-
(i) The Conference shall be competent to take
disciplinary action against any member of the Secretariat, a delegate, a member
of the Working /Executive Committee and primary member of ITPF for indulging in
any disloyal conduct and for actions that may tantamount to injuring the
interest of the ITPF. The Conference
shall have powers to suspend any one from the primary membership of the ITPF
for a fixed period of time or until review or expel as it deemed fit on the
basis of the consideration of the report placed by the CHQ Secretariat before
the Conference.
(ii) In between the two
Conferences such powers to take disciplinary action shall be vested with the
Central Working Committee subject to a review by the succeeding Conference.
(iii) The Circle
Conference/Circle Working Committee shall also exercise powers to suspend an ITPF
member including the Circle Sectt./Circle Executive Committee Members but will
immediately report the matter to the ITPF CHQ for further action.
(iv) The ITPF CHQ Secretariat shall call for
explanation from the CHQ Secretariat Member/Circle Secretariat Member/Circle
Executive Committee member/Circle Working Committee Member/and members etc to
explain his alleged disloyalty or action which is injurious to the interest of ITPF
and shall submit a report to the Conference or CHQ Working Committee or Secretariat
meetings, as the case may be, recommending action with reasons thereof. The Secretary General shall issue such notice
under his signature on behalf of the CHQ Secretariat seeking explanation from
the concerned individual. The Secretariat
shall consider on merits such explanation received from the individual member
concerned before confirming or altering the decision of the Circle
Conference/Circle Working Committee as the case may be or placing the
suggestions of the Secretariat to the All India Conference.
(v) No order of suspension, expulsion or any
other form of disciplinary action shall be taken by either the Circle/CHQ
Conference, Circle Executive Committee/Central Working Committee without
affording reasonable opportunity to the concerned member.
Article XIX. Channel
of communication:-
The ITPF CHQ alone shall enter into
correspondence and negotiation with the Central Government or any other higher
authorities of the Govt. of India. The
Circle / Branch shall have the channel of communication with the local
authorities.
Article XX.
Dissolution
of the Federation can be decided upon by a Special Delegates Conference called
for the purpose after giving one month notice and by a majority of three fourth
of the delegates present and after making necessary arrangements for the
distribution of the assets and liabilities.
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Annexure - A
Application form for admission as
ITPF Member
(to be obtained in triplicate)
1. Applicant's Name (in block letters)
2. Designation in the office
at the time of retirement. :
3. Date of entry into
service
4. Date of retirement. :
4. Office in which employed
:
5. Employment No. if
allotted.
6. Residential Address :
I declare that the particulars furnished above are
correct. I agree to abide by the
Constitution, discipline, and directive of the ITPF. I may be enrolled as a member of the ITPF.
Station :
Date :
Signature
(To be filled in by
the ITPF Office Bearers)
Name of the Branch in which
the applicant
is admitted as a primary
member
Name of the :
Name of the Circle :
Receipt no. issued to the
applicant for
having received the
admission fee :
Signature of the
Branch//Circle
Secretary as the case may be
Forwarded to the
General Secretary, ITPF, Manishinath Bhawan,
A-2/95, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi-110 027.
Annexure - B
Sl.No. Name of the Circle Circle H.Qrs.
1. ITPF
Andhra Pradesh Circle Hyderabad
2. ITPF
North Eastern Circle. Guwahati
3. ITPF
Bihar Circle Patna
4 ITPF Mumbai Circle Mumbai
5. ITPF
Delhi Circle New Delhi
6. ITPF
Gujarat Circle.
Ahmedabad
7. ITPF
Kerala Circle Kochi
8. ITPF Madhya Pradesh Circle Bhopal
9. ITPF Karnataka & Goa Circle Bangalore
10. ITPF
Orissa Circle
. Bhubaneshwar
11. ITPF
Pune Circle Pune
12. ITPF
North West Circle Chandigarh
13. ITPF
Rajasthan Circle Jaipur
14. ITPF
Western UP Circle Kanpur
15. ITPF Eastern UP Circle
Lucknow
16. ITPF
Vidharba Circle Nagpur
17. ITPF West Bengal Circle Calcutta
18. ITPF
Tamilnadu Circle Chennai
