Cessation of Membership

Cessation of Membership

1. Any person admitted as a member shall cease to be a member of the Society in the following events:
2. A member may withdraw from the Society signifying his / her wish to do so in a letter addressed to the Secretary. He or she shall not be entitled to refund of any fee paid by him / her. Any member so resigning may however re-apply for admission.
3. Members who do not pay their annual subscription by 31^st December shall cease to be the member of the Society. They have to re-apply for their membership and will not be entitled for the issues of the journal for the concerned year published prior to date of enrolment. A request for the back issue of the journal, when payment of the membership is delayed beyond 31^st of December can however, be made to the Executive Council, which if considered in the interest of the Society may accept such request.Any member indulging in activities against the interest of the Society or the activities which block the functioning of the Society shall discontinue being a member of the Society. The Executive Council will discuss such cases on merit and in case the majority decision is for expelling members, it will refer the matter to the General Body Meetings, which may be convened for this purpose, if necessary. In case the matter is urgent and the General Body Meeting is likely to be delayed; the Executive Council may resort to opinion poll among the members of the Society through secret postal ballot. The members who do not communicate their negative opinion through ballot will be considered to have agreed to the proposal of the Executive. The expulsion will be affected if three fourth or more of the members on roll on the date of the opinion poll vote for it. The General Body can expel a member from the Society for a fixed term of two or more years or the entire life period, if it finds that the damage caused by the member is irrespirable.
4. The expulsion order by the general body will also be apply to the life member who, however, will continue to receive the journal of the society free of charge. The expelled member/ life member will have neither right to vote nor they can contest for any office of the society.