Reconstitution of Staff Council (Bye-Election from the Constituencies of Senate and
Non-Teaching Staff of the University
NOTIFICATION
No. GA&EL.1/29 (2) Election/2014.
26th January 2016.
Whereas it has become expedient to reconstitute to the Staff Council of the University, ie. to conduct Bye-Election to the Staff Council from the constituencies of Senate and Non-Teaching Staff of the University, it is hereby notified that the following elections will be held in accordance with the provisions of Cochin University of Science and Technology Act, 1986 and the Statutes on Elections.
1. As per Sections 29(1) (c) and 45 : One member elected by the Non-Teaching Staff of the
University from among themselves.
2. As per Sections 29(1) (d) and 45 : Two members elected by the members of the Senate
from among themselves.
Only those persons who are on the Electoral Rolls, published on 21st December, 2015 alone shall be entitled to participate in the elections, provided that any person who ceases to be a member of the electoral body before the date of issue of the ballot paper from the University Office shall not be entitled to participate in the election.
Every elector shall be at liberty to nominate a qualified person for the election. Every such nomination shall be in the prescribed form and shall be made by an elector in writing and shall be seconded in writing by another elector. The nomination shall be accompanied by the consent in writing by the nominee agreeing to serve the Staff Council, if elected and a declaration that he/she is not already a member of the Staff Council, or if he/she is already a member, his/her term of office as such would expire before the membership for which he/she is seeking election takes effect.
Nominations in the prescribed form, which can be obtained from the University Office, must reach the Registrar within the date and hour fixed for the same as indicated in the Election Schedule. The envelope containing the nomination paper should be superscribed "Nominaton for election to the Staff Council from the constituency of (Name of constituency to be filled up)".
The candidate and a representative of each candidate appointed in writing by the candidate and approved by the Returning Officer may be present at the time of scrutiny of nominations.
The withdrawal of the candidature (as per the election schedule) is to be made by the candidate in the prescribed form which can be obtained from the office of the Returning Officer during office hours.
The places where polling stations have been provided and the electors who shall exercise voting in the respective polling stations will be intimated through "the letter of intimation" in due course.
Copies of the Electoral Roll can be obtained from the University Office on request and payment of ` 100 per copy, during the office hours.
The schedule for the Bye-Election to Staff Council of the University is as follows:
Sl. Particulars Non-Teaching Members of
No.
Staff the Senate
(1)
(2)
(3) (4) 26th JAN. 2016] KERALA GAZETTE 111 (1) (2) (3) (4) 3 Last date for corrections, alterations etc. in the 5-1-2016 5-1-2016 Electoral Roll
Tuesday Tuesday 4 Date of Notification of Election (not less than 26-1-2016 26-1-2016 30 clear days after publishing Roll) Tuesday Tuesday 5 Last date & hour for receipt of nominations (not earlier 10-2-2016 10-2-2016 than 14 clear days after the date of publication of notification) Wednesday Wednesday
10.30 a. m. 10.30 a. m. 6 Date & hour of scrutiny of nominations 10-2-2016 10-2-2016
Wednesday Wednesday
11 a. m. 11 a. m. 7 Date of publication of the list of candidates validly nominated 10-2-2016 10-2-2016 (same as 6 above) Wednesday Wednesday
4 p. m. 4 p. m. 8 Last date and hour for withdrawal of candidature 16-2-2016 16-2-2016
Tuesday Tuesday
4 p. m. 4 p. m. 9 Date of publication of final list of candidates validly nominated 16-2-2016 16-2-2016
Tuesday Tuesday 10 Date of issue of letter of intimation
19-2-2016 19-2-2016
Friday Friday 11 Date of issue of ballot paper (same as the day fixed for the poll) 25-2-2016 At the meeting
Thursday of Senate 12 Date and hour fixed for the poll (same as above) 25-2-2016 At the meeting
Thursday of Senate
10 a.m.to 10. a.m to
3 p.m. 12.30 p.m. 13 Date & hour of scrutiny and counting of votes 26-2-2016 At the meeting
Friday of Senate
10 a. m.
By order of the Vice-Chancellor,