More than 72 Crores Distributed More than 252 Families Benefited More than 5110 AIOS Families Associated with us

Membership

• Only ratified Resident Indian Life Members of AIOS are eligible to join the society.
• Couple life members of AIOS shall be eligible to join the Society as individual members.
• There shall be only one type of Membership i.e. Life Member.

Procedure of enrollment

A ratified Life Member of AIOS qualified under the eligibility criteria shall apply on the prescribed application form along with the following documents as annexures .The duly filled in Application form along with the Prescribed admission fee as per the age of a member ( at the time of taking the DD ) in the form of a DD taken in the name of Hon. Secretary FBS AIOS A/c.No. 30067225866 S.B.I. S.N. PURAM Vijayawada

Proof of AIOS life membership: (any one of the following self attested copy)

• AIOS Life membership certificate
• Life membership photo identity card

Proof of age (any one of the following self attested copy showing date of birth)

• Birth Certificate.
• Matriculation / Board/ SSLC Certificate.
• Passport

Proof of Residence (any one of the following self attested copy)

• Election Identity Card
• Passport
• Driving License
• BSNL Phone Bill

PAN No.

• Photo Copy of PAN Card

Medical Certificate:

Medical Certificate by a Physician registered with Medical Council of India/ State Medical Council/ Medical Specialist of Corporate Hospital / after examination and review of the investigations of the applicant that to the best of his knowledge that

• There is no evidence of advanced terminal ailment/ advanced cardiac, renal ,lung Brain or hepatic disease/ meta static malignancy.
• The member shall give a self declaration as notarized affidavit on a Rs.10 .bond to the effect that he/she did not suffer from any major ailments in the Past like acute disease of Heat , Kidney ,Lungs, Liver, Brain , any malignancy or having any of these diseases now and did not undergo any major surgery for the above mentioned ailments previously.

Name of the Nominee/s with their age, address (postal, e-mail), Tele No. and PAN No. If the nominee is a minor the Guardian details and his /her signature should be given.

Fraternity Contribution (F.C.””s):

• All the Ratified members of FBS shall pay prescribed Fraternity Contribution, in the event of death of an active member of the society who has completed one year after ratification of Membership.
• The amount to be collected will be paid to the nominee/ nominees of the deceased member as per the rules In case of death of a nominee before or along with the death of the member , the legal heirs will receive the benefit. from the Society after proving themselves that they are the legal heirs of the member.
• All payments to the society are to be made by Demand Draft/ Bankers Cheque/ e-banking from any bank drawn in favor of Hony. Secretary FBS AIOS A/c.No. 30067225866 S.B.I. S.N. PURAM Vijayawada. or as informed by the Secretary.

General Body

• All Life Members of the FBS AIOS will constitute the General Body of the Society.
• Founder members: The First Managing Committee shall be known as Founder Members of the Society.

General Body Meetings

• Meeting: General Body Meeting shall ordinarily be held once every year regularly in the city in which the Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society is held.
• Notice: Minimum 30 days notice shall be given to the members before the date of General Body Meeting, enclosing agenda specifying date, time, place and issues to be discussed.
• Quorum: The Quorum of the General Body meeting shall be 1/4th (one fourth) of the total strength of the General Body Members of the Society or 50 Members which ever is less.
• Adjourned Meeting: In case the quorum is not present at the start of the meeting of the General Body Meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned for 15 minutes and shall meet again on the same day at the same venue. The adjourned meeting will not require any quorum.

Executive Committee

Composition: It shall consist of

• Chairman
• Vice Chairman
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Ex-Officio : Immediate Past Chairman (for first year) Immediate Past Secretary (for first year)
• Special Invitees:

The Chairman may invite any other member of the Society as special invitee to participate but such person will have no voting right.

Quorum: Three Members.

Executive Committee shall communicate with each other on the internet and may meet as often as necessary.

Function:

• Conduct affairs of the society and meetings as often as necessary.
• Carry out the mandate of the Managing Committee.
• Shall ratify the life membership of new member of the society.
• Approve the claim and disburse the money to the nominee / nominees speedily by crossed cheque or Demand Draft according to the Rules and Bye-Laws.

Managing Committee

This committee consists of six office bearers and 5 Zonal Represntatives Elected by the G.B. The affairs of the Society shall be managed by the 11 Member Managing Committee elected by the General Body and the 3 ex officio Members from AIOS and the Past Chairman and Past secretary and Past Treasurer of FBS AIOS. Only active members of minimum one year standing shall be eligible to contest election. The elected office bearers shall have tenure of 3 years from the date of election. They will be eligible for re-election for not more than one additional term for the same post. The managing committee and the zonal representatives will be elected by G.B of FBS AIOS. And the State representatives will be appointed by the E.C. with the approval of the G.B. The Managing Committee shall consist of the following. Office bearers and Zonal Representatives who are elected by the .G.B.

Office Bearers: They shall be elected by the General Body once every three years.

• Chairman
• Vice Chairman
• Secretary
• Treasurer
• Joint Secretary
• Joint Treasurer

Zonal Representatives: Zonal Representatives one from each zone (West, South, Central, East and North as per zones adopted by AIOS) shall be elected by the General Body once every three years along with the office bearers.

Ex-officio : Immediate Past Chairman Immediate Past Secretary Immediate Past Treasurer

Special Invitees (With no voting rights):Unless they are FBS AIOS Members.

• President, AIOS
• Secretary, AIOS
• Treasurer, AIOS

State Representatives. anaging Committee Meetings but will have no right to vote.

Functions of the managing committee

• The Managing Committee shall be over all in charge of the management of the Family Benefit Scheme.
• It shall periodically receive, discuss, approve and take action on all reports and accounts submitted by the Secretary and Treasurer of the Society.
• The responsibility of investing and managing the funds of the scheme shall rest with the Managing Committee subject to approval/ratification by the General Body.
• The Managing Committee can form sub committee /sub committees at its discretion on any matter from time to time.
• It shall ensure that the claims of the nominees are promptly attended and settled.
• In case of dispute regarding claim their decision shall be final.

Meetings of the managing committee

The Managing Committee shall meet at least once a year. Managing Committee may meet more often as required. It may pass resolutions, if required, by circulation by Letter, Fax, e-mail or any other accepted form of communication in writing.

• Special Invitees: Members/Persons invited by the Chairman. (not more than 2 members.)They will not have any voting rights and they should be members of FBS AIOS only.
• Notice: The Secretary shall serve notice to all members of the Managing Committee by Fax, e-mail or by post/courier giving the date, time and place of the meeting including the agenda to be discussed, at least 15 days in advance of the scheduled meeting.
• Quorum: The Quorum for the meeting of the Managing Committee Meeting shall be seven (7) members. In case the quorum is not present at the start of the meeting it shall be adjourned for 15 minutes and shall meet on the same day at the same venue. The adjourned meeting will not require any quorum provided that the Chairman and/or Secretary are present
• Emergency Meeting: The Chairman may call for an emergency meeting of the Managing Committee at any time to discuss urgent business at minimum of one weeks notice. The quorum shall be 7 as above (c).

Election Procedure

• All the office bearers ( Chairman ,Vice Chairman, Secretary , Treasurer ,Joint Secretary ,Joint Treasurer and the 5 Zonal representatives ) shall be elected by the General body at its Annual General Body Meeting. Once in 3 Years.
• The Secretary shall call for nominations in writing for the various posts, at least two months before the General Body Meeting. Last date for filing of nominations and withdrawal and the date of the election will be mentioned in that circular.
• Nominations in the prescribed form shall be sent by the members to the Secretary.
• The election will be by secret ballot or Show of hands or as may be decided by the Executive Committee from time to time.
• The Executive Committee will nominate three senior members of the Society as Election Commission to conduct the Elections.
• An aggrieved candidate may represent to the Chairman of the Society. The Chairman, the Vice- Chairman and Chairman of the designated Election Commission shall constitute Appellate Election Board. The representation will be considered by this Appellate Board and their decision shall be final and irrevocable.

Duties of the office bearers

Chairman:

• The Chairman shall uphold and enforce the Rules and Regulations and the Bye-Laws framed under the Constitution of the Society.
• He shall regulate the functioning of the Society as Executive Head.
• He shall preside over all the meetings of the Executive, Managing Committee and General Body. The Chairman will have a casting vote in addition to his regular vote, in the event of a tie. In the absence of Chairman, the Vice Chairman will discharge the duties of the Chairman. In the absence of both the Chairman and Vice Chairman the members present will elect a Chairman for that meeting and he will enjoy the powers of Chairman for that meeting.

Secretary:

• The Secretary shall manage all correspondence and shall keep the minutes of the Society and Committee Meetings. He shall have the charge of the office. He shall be responsible to the Society for carrying out all the affairs of the Society.
• He will implement the decisions of the Chairman/ Executive Committee / Managing Committee / General Body.
• He shall be responsible for the implementation of the scheme.
• He will be responsible for the proper maintenance of the records of the Society.
• He will be responsible for the proper custody of the Nomination Forms.
• He will be responsible to ensure prompt settlement of the claim of the nominees
• All documents, covenants, contracts shall be made jointly by the Chairman, the Secretary and the Treasurer.
• All properties and documents of the scheme shall be under the custody of the Secretary.

Joint Secretary:

The Joint Secretary will assist the Secretary and in the absence of the Secretary will discharge all his functions.

Treasurer:

• The Treasurer will maintain the accounts regularly and properly. The accounts shall be audited by a Chartered Accountant regularly for each Financial Year.
• The Treasurer shall be responsible for the maintenance of accounts, all financial affairs of the Society, audit of accounts and submission of his report and Accounts to the Executive Committee/ Managing committee and General Body.

Joint Treasurer:

The Joint Treasurer will assist the Treasurer and in his absence will look after the entire work of the Treasurer.

Funds

• The income or fund of the Society shall be solely invested for the furtherance of the Objects of the Society and no part of it shall be distributed among the members of the society except by way of benefit to the nominee/nominees in the event of the death of the member.
• The funds of the scheme shall be invested in Nationalized Banks and Government Securities only. The funds can also be used to develop infrastructure and to propagate the activities of the Society, either at the Registered Office or at its branch offices etc.

Financial Year

• The financial year of the Society will be from 1st April to 31st March every year.
• The accounts of the Society shall be audited at least once every year by the Auditor duly appointed by the Managing Committee for the specified period.

Auditing

The accounts of the Society shall be audited every year and shall be approved by the Managing Committee and General Body.

BANK ACCOUNT:

The funds of the Society shall be kept in a Nationalized Bank. It shall be operated by any of the two members namely The Chairman ,Secretary and the Treasurer or any others two members of the society appointed by the Society from time to time.

Bye-Laws

The Society may frame and modify its own Bye-Laws from time to time subject to approval of the General Body.

Amendments to the Bye-Laws

Amendments to the Bye-Laws can be carried out in accordance with the section 12 and 12-A of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 after these are approved by the General Body of the Society by simple majority.

Amendments to Rules and Regulation

Amendments to the Rules and Regulation can be carried out in accordance with the section 12 and 12-A of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 after these are approved by the General Body by 2/3 majority. No amendment will be carried out without the prior approval of the Commissioner of Income Tax.

Jurisdiction

• The jurisdiction of the operation of the Society extends all over India.
• The legal Jurisdiction of the Society is the same where ever the Secretary is functioning.
• Settling a dispute by arbitration rather than through courts is preferred.

Disclaimer:

• All the financial and administrative matters of the Family Benefit Scheme AIOS will be looked after solely by the Executive Committee/ Managing Committee of the Society itself. The Society is run by the Members of the Family Benefit Scheme themselves. No office Bearer or Members of the FBS-AIOS will have any right to incriminate the AIOS or any Office Bearer, Member of the Managing Committee or any other Member of AIOS in any legal matter.
• The Society is not formed with profit motive. No commercial activity is involved in the functioning of the Society.

• In the event of Dissolution of the Society ,The funds remaining after the discharge of all the liabilities shall be transferred to another Society having similar Objectives and enjoying registration under section 12 AA of the I.T.Act.1961.
• This Society formed is irrevocable.
• Any number of members of the Society not less than 3/5th of the Members may determine that the Society be dissolved and thereupon it shall be dissolved forthwith or at the time then agreed upon and all necessary steps shall be taken for the disposal and settlement of the property of the Society, its claims and liabilities as the Managing Committee may deem fit and find expedient. In the event of any dispute arising among the members of the Managing Committee, the adjustment of its affairs shall be referred to the Law Court in the State where the Society is registered.
• The Society shall not be dissolved unless three-fifths of the members (minimum) express a wish for such dissolution by their votes delivered in person, at the General Meeting specially convened for the purpose.
• If upon dissolution, there shall remain after satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any properties whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the Society or any of them but shall be given to some other Society, body corporate, institutions, etc. to be determined by the votes of not less than 3/5th of the members present personally at the time of dissolution or, in default thereof by such Court as aforesaid.

Certificate

• Certified that the Society is formed with no profit motive and no commercial activity is involved in its working.
• Certified that the Office Bearers are not paid remuneration from the funds of the Society.
• Certified that the Society would not engage in agitational activities to redress grievances.

All the Provisions of the Societies Registration Act 35 of 2001(A.P. Society) will apply to this Society. Certified to be a correct copy of the Rules & Regulations of the Association.

Members of the Managing Committee

Witness