c) The President by virtue of his office shall be the Head of
the CIU and when present, shall also preside over the meetings of the
CIU.
d) The President shall tender/give such advice to
the CIU as may be deemed necessary by him for promotion/furtherance and
for the realisation of the objectives of the CIU.
e) The President shall have the right to cause an
inspection to be made of the CIU for any work conducted or done by the
CIU and to cause an enquiry to be made if considered necessary by him in
respect of any matter connected with the CIU.
f) The President shall exercise such other powers
and perform such other functions as may be conferred on or vested in him
by or under the provisions of the rules and regulations.
g) The President may use his veto for changing
the earlier decision of any authority or body of the CIU which is not in
conformity with the Objects and Rules or Bye-Laws of the CIU provided
that before making any such order he shall call upon such authority of
the CIU to show cause as to why such an order should not be made and if
any cause is shown within a reasonable time shall consider the same.
B. Vice President(s)
a) The Vice President(s) shall be elected from
amongst the members of CIU in the General Conference.
b) The Vice President(s) shall hold office for a
term of five years. They shall be eligible for re-appointment for one
more term provided that notwithstanding the expiry of the said period of
five years, they may be allowed to continue in office at the discretion
of the President for a period not exceeding three months within which
their successors are appointed and assumed their offices.
c) Notwithstanding the aforesaid provisions with
regard to the Vice President(s), the President shall appoint the first
Vice Presidents of the CIU for a term of five years.
d) The Vice President(s) shall exercise all other
powers as may be delegated to them by the General Conference.
e) The Vice President(s) shall have the power to
redelegate some of their powers to any of the subordinate officers with
the concurrence and approval of the President.
f) The Vice President(s) may at any time
relinquish office by submitting not less than sixty days in advance of
the date on which he wishes to be relieved, his resignation to the
President. His date of relieving will be determined by the President.
C. Secretary General
a) The Secretary General will be appointed by the
General Conference.
b) When the office of the Secretary General is
vacant or when the Secretary General is absent by reason of illness or
any other reason the duties and functions of the Secretary General shall
be performed by such other person as the President may appoint for the
purpose.
c) The Secretary General shall be the Ex-officio
Secretary of the General Conference, the Board of Management, the
Advisory Council, Finance Committee and the Planning Committee.
d) The Secretary General shall be directly
responsible to the President of the CIU. The Secretary General shall be
appointed for five years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
f) The following shall be the duties of the
Secretary General :
1. To be the custodian of the records and such other
properties of the CIU as the Board of Management may commit to his
charge.
2. To conduct the official correspondence on behalf
of the authorities of the CIU.
3. to issue notices for convening meetings of the
Authorities of the CIU and all Committees and Sub-committees appointed
by any of these Authorities.
4. To keep the minutes of the meeting of all the
Authorities of the CIU and of all the Commitees and Sub-committees
appointed by any of these Authorities.
5. To represent the CIU in suits or proceedings by or
against the CIU , sign powers of attorney and perform pleadings or
depute a representative for this purpose.
6. To enter into agreement, sign documents and
authenticate records on behalf of the CIU.
7. To hold in special custody records books and
documents and common seal of the CIU.
8. To safegaurd and maintain campuses, buildings,
gardens, office, canteen, cars and other equipment and other properties
of the CIU.
9. To perform such other duties as may be specified
in the Rules and Bye-Laws or as may be specified by the Board of
Management or the President from time to time.
D. Director(s)
The Director(s) shall be the responsible for the
sound functioning of the activities of the different departments,
divisions and cells of CIU and shall be appointed by the President. They
will have adequate knowledge/experience of administration, accounts,
audit, planning research and corporate management.
Resignation
Any member other than an ex-officio member of any
Authority may resign by a letter addressed to the President and the
resignation shall take effect as soon as it is accepted by the
President.
Validation of Certain Acts and Decisions
No act of proceedings of any Authority or any Body or
any Committee of the CIU shall be invalid merely by reason of:
a) any vacancy therein or any defect in the
constitution thereof, or
b) any defect in the nomination or appointment of
a person acting as a member thereof, or
c) any irregularity in its procedure not
effecting the merits of the issue.
Filling of Casual Vacancies
Casual vacancies among the members (other than
ex-officio members) of any Authority or any other Committee of the CIU
shall be filled as soon as it may be convenient by the person or the
Authority who appointed or co-opted the member whose place has become
vacant and the person appointed or co-opted to a casual vacancy shall be
member of such Authority or Committee for the residual term for which
the person whose place he fills would have been a member.
Interpretation Clause
In the event of conflict of opinion with regard to interpretation of
the Rules and Bye-Laws, the opinion of the President shall prevail.
