Published: February 2024 (2 years ago) in issue Nº 415
Keywords: Framework for Selection of Working Committee Regulations 2024, E-RAD (Emergency Residents’ Assembly Decision), Madras High Court, Auroville Foundation Act, 1988, Residents’ Assembly (RA), RAD (Residents’ Assembly Decision), RA Working Committee (RA-WCom), Working Committee and FO Working Committee
Responses to the Framework for Selection of Working Committee Regulations
As the Framework for Selection of Working Committee Regulations appear to be in contravention of the Auroville Foundation Act which states in section 19.2 that “The manner of choosing the members of the Working Committee and their term of office shall be such as may be decided by the Residents Assembly”, concerned residents have collected signatures on a petition requesting the Residents’ Assembly Service (RAS) to open an Emergency Residents' Assembly Decision (E-RAD) “regarding the Governing Board’s questionable attempt to interfere with the selection process of WCom members.”
The RA-WCom has petitioned the Madras High Court to stay the Auroville Foundation (Framework for Selection of Working Committee) Regulations, 2024, and declare that the Auroville Foundation (Framework for Selection of Working Committee) Regulations, 2024, is ultra vires the Auroville Foundation Act, 1988.