FARMERS' ORGANISATIONS
Ex-Officio Member :
f. the Nazim of that Taluka which has the largest cultivable command area situated within the area of jurisdiction of the FO shall be member without vote, provided that a Nazim can only be member in one FO;
Advisory Member:
g. the staff member or, if there is more than one member of staff, the more or most senior, may serve as an Advisory Member of the Board;
Co-opted Advisory Member:
h. A technical expert in irrigation and drainage co-opted by the Board shall be member without vote.
2) A Member of the Board of Management may by writing under his hand resign from his office.
3) The General Body may delegate, subject to conditions it may impose, by general or special order to -
(a) the Chairman;
(b) the Board of Management or any member of it; or
(c) a member WCA or DBG; or
(d) any member of the FO staff
any of its powers for an indefinite (until revocation) or a specified period.
4) Section 5, sub-section (6) to (8) are mutatis mutandis applicable.
48. Recall by General Body –
1) The General Body may recall the Chairman or a member of the Board of Management if he falls within the purview of section 6 (a to f) in accordance with section 7 sub- section 2 & 3.
49. Recall by the Board of Management -
The provision of section 48 shall mutatis mutandis apply.
50. Meetings of the Board of Managing –
1) The Meetings of the Board of Management shall be called in accordance with regulations set by the Board of Management, by the Chairman by giving notice in good time to all members;
2) Section 9 shall mutatis mutandis apply to the meetings of the Board of Management.
51. Water Allocation Committees
1) Every FO shall establish and maintain a WAC.
2) The WAC at FOs' level consists of:
a) One representative of the AWB from which the FO receives its water;
b) Four elected FO members, from whom one farmer is a farmer in the head reach (located at less than thirty three percent of the length of the distributary/minor length from its inlet), one farmer is a farmer from the middle reach (located between thirty three and seventy percent of the length of the distributary/minor from its from inlet), one farmer is a farmer from the tail end (located between seventy percent of the length of the distributary or minor from its inlet and its end, and one farmer is a small farmer;
c) One representative of other water users (drinking, industry), if there are such other users receiving water from the FO
