ALL INDIA SCHEDULED CASTES FEDERATION 465
consideration of propositions of which due notice has been given by the State Federation Committees or members of the All-India Committee of the Federation.
ARTICLE XII
A Special Session of the Federation shall be held in case the All-India Committee of the Federation so decides or a majority of the State Federation Committees by their resolutions, request the President of the Federation to convene such a special Session.
Such a Special Session shall be organised by the State Federation Committee of the State selected for the Session.
ARTICLE XIII
- The Central Executive Committee shall appoint one of the members of the All-India Committee of the Federation to work as Returning Officer for the election of the President.
Provided that a General Secretary who is a candidate for Presidentship shall be disqualified for such an appointment.
Any member of the Federation may propose the name of any member for election as President of the Federation. The proposal must be seconded by three other members. Such proposal must reach the Returning Officer on or before the date fixed by the Central Executive Committee.
The Returning Officer shall publish the names of all persons so proposed and it shall be open to any person whose name has been so proposed to withdraw his candidature within seven days of the publication of the proposed names by writing to the Returning Officer to that effect.
After eliminating the names of those who have withdrawn, the Returning Officer shall immediately publish the names of remaining candidates and circulate them to the State Federation Committees. If after elimination there remains only one candidate, he shall be declared as duly elected as President of the next Session of the Federation.
On a date fixed by the Central Executive Committee, which shall not ordinarily be less than seven days after the final