THE SINDH IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY
8. Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairman and Members –
1) The Chairman and Members shall serve the SIDA on such terms and conditions as shall be determined by Government.
2) The first tenure of the Chairman and Members shall be two years and thereafter the tenure shall be four years.
3) The Chairman and nominated Members may serve for two consecutive terms only.
9. Meetings of the SIDA -
1) There shall be at least one meeting of the SIDA every alternative month to be convened by the Chairman.
2) The notice for the meeting shall reach the Members at least one week before the meeting.
3) The notice shall give the date, time and place of the meeting and be accompanied by an agenda with the copies of the relevant documents and the items to be discussed and decided.
4) If the Chairman fails to convene a meeting in accordance with sub-sections (1) or (2), the Secretary shall convene a meeting without delay.
5) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (1), the Chairman shall convene a meeting if six or more Members so request him in writing and such meeting shall be convened after giving at least seven days notice within a period of not exceeding fifteen days from the receipt of such requisition and if the Chairman fails to convene such a meeting, sub-section (4) shall apply.
6) The quorum for a meeting shall be half of its Members provided that at least two members shall be elected members.
7) If the quorum is not present at a meeting, the Chairman shall postpone the meeting and convene a new meeting in accordance with sub-section (2) and (3) within two weeks of the postponement of the meeting.
8) In such meeting, the decisions may be taken even if the quorum is not complete.
9) If the Chairman fails to convene a meeting under sub-section (7) then sub-section (4) of this section shall apply.
10) The Chairman or, in his absence, a Member elected by the members present, by
secret ballot, shall preside at such meeting.
11) The decision in the meeting will be taken by a simple majority through show of hands, provided that if one member requests for a voting through secret ballot, or if items largely dealing with a named person shall be voted, voting will be though secret ballot.
12) In the event of equality of votes, the Chairman or the Member presiding the meeting shall have a casting vote.
13) Of every meeting the minutes shall be recorded stating the members present and absent, the items discussed, the decisions taken unanimously or by majority or otherwise.
14) This minutes shall be approved in the next meeting and shall be signed by the person that presided the meeting and the Secretary.
15) The meeting may be attended by one representative of each AWB as an observer and such observer shall not speak or intervene in the meeting, otherwise he shall be removed by the person presiding the meeting.
16) The Chairman and the Members other than the ex-officio Chairman and Members shall receive such allowance as may be determined by the SIDA for attending a meeting.
17) The SIDA may by general or by special order, delegate, to a Member, the Managing Director, the Board of Management or any officer of the SIDA, any of its powers under this Ordinance, subject to such conditions or limitations as it may impose.
