Hindu Administrative Institutions c12.s4.20

c12.s4.20

Among the elected those who had previously served on the garden Supervision Committee, and those possessing more educational qualifications and also advanced in age, were appointed to the Committee of Annual Supervision which was perhaps the most important of all local committees. So far as Uttaramallūr was concerned twelve members constituted this committee. Among the rest, twelve were appointed for the garden Committee, and six for the tank Committe. There were also annual committees. Any member who is charged with offence of any kind is to be removed at once. The late Mr. Krishna Sāstri remarks that the co-operative and constructive principles on which an assembly had to conduct its deliberations were fully recognized, and no member was allowed persistently to oppose, on penalty of being fined, the proceedings of the assembly by saying ‘Nay, Nay,’ to every proposal that was brought up. Refractoriness on the part of members, as distinguished from an honest difference of opinion, was much discouraged.¹ For the other two committees also the Gold Committee and the *pañchavāra vāriyam*, the same method of election was pursued. Twelve members were chosen by lot and of them six constituted each committee. During the succeeding elections the wards which were represented in the previous years were left out and thus an equal opportunity was given to all.