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PUBLIC NOTICE

BOMBAY PARSI PUNCHAYET ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR TRUSTEES’ ELECTION FOR SEVEN CANDIDATES UNDER THE UNIVERSAL ADULT FRANCHISE SCHEME.

Pursuant to the Hon’ble Bombay High Court’s Order dated 30-04-2008 elections for all the seven trustees will be held as per the below-mentioned Election Schedule.

As per Clause No.14 of the Scheme for Election,any person who shall at the time of Election be a member of the Parsi Community,of not less than 30 years of age(this restriction of age does not apply to any Candidate who has attained the age of 25 years and whom a majority of not less than 2/3rds of the members of the Anjuman Committee desire to be so exempted,by a written requisition to the Trustees) and who shall have been Proposed and Seconded by members of the Anjuman Committee i.e General member or Donor Members,are eligible to stand as Candidates.

Such candidates have to fill in the prescribed form (available from Bombay Parsi Punchayet’s Office),accompanied by a cash deposit of Rs.5000/-. The deposit shall stand forfeited,if the candidates fail to secure atleast 5% of the total votes cast at such an election.

All those members on the General Register and Donor Register,who have so far not collected their Certificates, are requested to collect their respective Certificates to be eligible to exercise their franchise.

If the Certificate has been lost or destroyed,members on the General Register and Donor Register can apply on or before October 1,2008 for a duplicate certificate, application for which has to be filled in a prescribed form along with payment of a fee of Rs.10/-, As per the scheme in force, Members on the General Register and Donor Register will be allowed to vote only on production of their respective Certificates. No duplicate Certificates will be issued and / or collection of original certificates permitted after October 1,2008 inclouding on the Election days at the pollings centres. As per the scheme sanctioned by the Hon’ble High Court,only those Members whose names appear on the General Register and the Donor Register, as on 30-06-2008,will have voting right at the forthcoming Election. The registers will be frozen as on 30-06-2008 as per the sanctioned scheme.
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