Students’ Council Constitution

ARTICLE IV : Election

Mode of Election

As per the Manomaniam Sundaranar University Guidelines (Vide No. MSU/A/CO.UN.EL/2007-08), the college adopts indirect election in electing the office - bearers and the executive members of the students union council. Under indirect election method, each class, I, II and III years of undergraduate courses, I and II years post graduate programmes and M.Phil, will elect a representative each and all these class representative will form the electoral college to elect the office - bearers and members to Executive directly.

The apex body under the proposed dispensation will be “University students Union”, to which the electoral college will be the student’s representative chosen from affilated colleges and University departments (Chairman and Secretary). For the university students union, four office bearers as in colleges, and two student representatives from each district, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin and Kanyakumari (3 x 2 = 6), to executive will be elected.

Eligibility of Students to contest

* A student contesting the election should be a regular full time student of aided and unaided courses and have no arrear paper till the date of nomication with 75% attendance in the previous semester. The contesting candidates should not have criminal charges and the students antecedents and affiliation to any political or communal outfit. Nor there should be any disciplinary action pending against them in the college.

* All the students of the college shall have the right to vote and contest in the election of the Students Council. The Chairman and the Secretary candidates shall be from the third year UG classes or second year P.G. classes.

* Students elected as Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Joint-Secretary and Executive Committee members of the Council shall not hold office in any other association in the college and shall resign other offices to which they may have been elected earlier.

* The elections of the Chairman, Vice-chairman, Secretary, Joint- Secretary and student members of the Executive Committee will be conducted by President or by the Advisor appointed by him. Elections shall generally be by secret ballot.

* If any student is identified as guilty and fined Rs. 50/- and above, that student shall not be eligible to contest in any of the student Council elections.

Grievance cell

* A Grievance cell constituted by the staff council will dispose o f the election related disputes and complaints with in 24 hours.

* The Grievance cell will have the authority to cancel the candidature of a contestant who violates the election noms.

Code of Conduct

No election related expenditure will be permited. Corrupt practices such as offering gifts, eats and drinks are totally prohibited. Even printed wall posters, pamphlets and handbills are banned. No outsider should be allowed during the days of election process. No procession either campaign or victory should be permitted within or outside the campus. In the event of the violence or factional clashes, the council will cancel the whole election process and inform the decision to the university Authority concerned.

Deadline for Elections

The duration of the process of election should not exceed four days in a college. The election process in the college should be over by December 5, 2010. The election for the university level students union should be completed before December 20, 2010.