TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES Useful to the Residents of Kottur Gardens ADYAR CANCER HOSPITAL 22350340 AMBULANCE Ambulance Emergency 108/102* Apollo Ambulance 1068 Child Trust Hospital (For Children) 28259601/28277487 Flying Squad Ambulance Service 26474100/26441217 Madras Medical Mission 26561801/26565961 MIOT Accident Rescue 22492288/22493636 Sri Ramachandra Emergency Medical Service 24768402/8027 Sundaram Medical Foundation 26268844 Trauma Care Consortium 28150700/28150311 Voluntary Health Services St. John Ambulance 28194630 Sankara Nethralaya 28271036 BLOOD BANKS Apollo Hospitals 28294870 Child Trust Hospital 28259601 Govt. General Hospital 25363131 Govt. Royapettah Hospital 28533051 Institute of Child Health Hospital 28251135 Madras Medical Mission 26565961 Southern Railway Head Qtrs. Hospital Blood Bank 26461008 Sri Ramachandra Hospital Blood Bank 24768017 Voluntary Health Services 22541972/2829 Jeevan Blood Bank 65850850 Lions Club 28414949/28415959 The Dr. MGR Medical University 22301871 HOSPITAL - GOVERNMENT Govt.General Hospital 25363131/25363139 Govt. Royapettah Hospital 28483051/52/53 Govt. Stanley Hospital 25214941 Govt. Dental Hospital 25340441 Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, K.K.Nagar 24891687/1668 2678 Railway Hospital 26461256

61 Govt. Hospital, 24358753 HOSPITALS - PRIVATE Andhra Mahila Sabha Hospital 24938311 Apollo Hospital 28293333/0200 Billroth Hospital ( Kaliappa) 24936390/6184/6157 Child Trust Hospital 28277487 Madras Medical Mission 26565961 MIOT Hospital 22492288/3636 Public Health Centre 24897008 Hindu Mission Hospital 22262244 Malar Hospital 24914023 Sankara Nethralaya 28271616 Sri Ramachandra Hospital 24768403/8027 Sundaram Medical Foundation 26268844 Venkateswara Hospital, Nandanam 42125212/65373737 Vijaya Hospital 24802221 Voluntary Health Services 22542971-74 FREEZER BOX 9962464154 HOSPITALS - VETERINARY Veterinary College (Vepery) 25381509 Veterinary Hospital (Saidapet) 24352873 SPCA 25322160/25612160 Blue Cross of 22354959 EYE BANK CU Shah Eye Bank 28271616 Govt Opthalmic Hospital Toll Free No.1919 / 28554540/3840 24 HOUR CHEMISTS Apollo Hospital 28293333/28290200 Balaji Hospital 22343863 Child Trust Hospital 28277487 Malar Hospital 24914023 Trinity Hospital 24991488 ELECTRICITY EB Enquiry 1912 SE. CEDC (S) 24715121 E.E. Adyar Div 22541802

62 A.E. Chinnamalai 22570030 A.A.O. Division 22317323 E.B. Helpline 155333 E.B. Control Room 28523064 CORPORATION OF CHENNAI Corporation Complaint Cell 25384670 SMS 9789951111 Corporation Wireless Repeater Station 28171235 Commissioner, Corporation of Chennai 25381330/3783 Fax:3962 Vigilance Officer 25368073 Asst. Commissioner Zone-13 Adyar 24425961 24425963 A.R.O. 9445190720 Extn. A.H.O. 24354540 Extn. AE 172. DN 9445190438 / 9445190909 C.I.DN 172 9445190638 METRO WATER Metro Water CMWSSB Head Office 28481300/28484637 Area Engineer Zone 9 23811798/23810969 Dy Area Engineer 24357252 JE / AE, Div. Kotturpuram, Chennai-85 24470195 Metrowater Complaint Cell 28454040/28418436 S.E. (South) 28481300 C.E. (Operation & Maintenance) 28453002 FIRE STATIONS Raj Bhavan 22354835 Fire Control Room 101* Fire Control Room 28554176/28554309/4311/4313/4314/ 28554316/4317 Egmore & PBX Connecting to 23 Fire Stations 28554309 Fire Office (Chennai City South) 24894746 AIR PORT Airport Information Counter-Domestic 225605369 Enquiry 1913 International Airport 22345801 National Airport 22340386

63 AIR LINES Air India 28594488/28554477 Air Mauritius 28515641 British Airways 22560952 Emirates 28232519 Gulf Air 28554417 Indian Airlines 28560771 Indian Airlines Call Centre 1407 Airport Duty Officer Domestic 22560011 International 22560055 Jet Airways 28414141 Kuwait Airways 28553797/4111 Lufthansa Airlines 28525095/5197 Malaysian Airlines 42191919 Oman Air 28211212/28213582 Saudia Arabian Airlines 24346157/9666 Singapore Airlines 28473982/3995 Sri Lankan Airlines 28111535/1536 Air Sahara 24980680/22560909 Cathay Pacific 28525372 TOURIST OFFICES Tamil Nadu Tourism Information and ticket counter i) Central Railway Station 25353351 ii) Egmore Railway Station 28252165 Tourist Office Govt. of India 28460285 Tourist Office Govt. of Tamil Nadu 25368358 Tourism Office 28514850 ROAD TRANSPORT APSTRIC (Tirupathi Depot) 25345122 KSRTC 25340449 Metropolitan Transport Corporation 25366063 State Express Transport Corporation 25341835 CALL TAXI Bharathi 28142233 Fast Track 24732020 Adyar Call Taxi 24467777 Dharani Sruthi 42110044

64 POLICE City Police Commissioner 23452345 / 28555064 City Police Control Room Central 23452359 / 9003130101 City Police Control Room South 23452360/9003130102 City Police Control Room North 23452361/9003130103 Traffic Control Room 23452362 Police Emergency cell 100 Medical Emergency 108 / 9500099100 Suburban Police Emergency Cell : 9042400100 D.C. Mylapore 23452359 A.C Kotturpuram 23452580 / 24330227 Police Station, Kotturpuram 24473472 Inspector, Kotturpuram 9840123420 Inspector. All Woman P.S. Adyar 23452586 D.G.P. 28447777 / 28447755 D.G.P. Control Room 28447701 A.C. Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Saidapet (Ration Card Issue) 24328198 HELP LINES Women 1091* Child 1098* Senior Citizens 1253 Animals (Help Blue Line) 12700 Accident Victim Association 26423145/25365733 Guild of Service (Central) 28261279 LPG Gas Complaint /Gas Cooking Service (Agency) 24529991/92/93/94 Sree Navaneetha Lakshmi Agencies-Teynampet 24353511/8584 24334466/24334477 Triplicane Urban Coop Society, Thiruvanmiyur 24417899/ 24404364 Indane Complaints 24335491/24339246 Emergency Services Office Time 24717055 After Office Time 24483320 TELEPHONES Phonogram 1585 Trunk Booking 1580 D.G.M. Adyar 244679211/24468777

65 D.G.M. Panagal Buildings 24348900 D.G.M. - G.R. Complex 24344641 C.R.M. Adyar (Corporate & Hi-Calls) 24467922 D.E. External Adyar 24467940/24917374 D.E. Internal Adyar 24467930/24902291 AE Kotturpuram 24472000 SDE Kotturpuram 24467445/24471000 Ethiraj Salai Supdt 28251504 Call Center 1500 Complaints 24471191 Time Announcement 174/175 Directory Enquiry 197 Changed Number Announcement 1952/1953 VSNL. Chennai-2 25369691/25366740 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HEALTH SCHEME 1. Additional Director, Rajaji Bhavan, Chennai - 90 24916955 2. Office of Addl. Director, Rajaji Bhavan, Ch-90 24917138/9240 3. Adyar Dispensary 24415251 4. R.A.Puram Dispensary 24938775 5. Gopalapuram Dispensary / Lab 28114535 6. K.K. Nagar Polyclinic 24744242 7. Poly Clinic 26160971 8. Ayurveda Unit at Guindy 22355357 INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT Income Tax Dept. Nungambakkam 28338383 Income Tax Office (Concerned) I.V.R.S. 1956 Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (Central School, IIT) 22570159 SOUTHERN RAILWAYS General Enquiry 139 Arrival & Departure of Trains 139 I.V.R.S. 1341 Station Manager 25353218 CHENNAI MMC COMPLEX Reservation Enquiry BG-MG 139 Automated Reservation Enquiry English 1361 Hindi 1362 Tamil 1363

66 Asst Commercial Manager (Reservation) MMC 25353816 CHENNAI EGMORE Reservation Enquiry Arr. & Departure 139 General Enquiry 139 Station Manager 28194533 RAILWAY RESERVATION TIMINGS 08.00 TO 14.00 & 14.15 TO 20.00 HRS SUNDAY 08.00 TO 14.00 HRS. TRAIN ARRIVAL & DEPARTURE TIMINGS Arrival & Departure timing to & from Central 2

53557780/7790 RPF HELPLINE Complaints against Vendor & Beggar in Electric Train / EMU - Railways TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT Transport Commissioner 28520682/28530551 RTO South 24450404 MTC 23455801 COLLECTORATE OF CHENNAI (MADRAS) Collector 25268025 Office of the Collector 25268320/21/22/23 Tahsildhar , Guindy 24891464 REGISTRATION DEPARTMENT Inspector General of Registration 24940160/3753 3878 District Registrar (South) Saidapet 24323170 Sub Registrar, Adyar 24415011 B.M. BIRLA PLANETORIUM 24416751 PERIYAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CENTRE 24915250 BANKS IN KOTTURPURAM Canara Bank 24471731/2232 Indian Bank 2440226/24402272 Oriental Bank of Commerce 24474288 State Bank of India 24470972/4962 TNSC Bank 24470051 HDFC Bank 24474088/24474099 CORPORATION OF CHENNAI 1913 Mayor (Saidai Duraisamy) 9840048944

67 MLA (Sendhamizhan) 9841016485 Corp.Commissioner 25619200 / 9445190999 Councillor (Kandhan) 984088646 (Mr. Jones) Conservency Inspector 9445190638 A.E. Ward 172 9445190438 Sanitary Inspector 9445190806 Adyar (Zone 13) 9445190210 Asst. Commissioner, Adyar (Zone 13) Office 9445190450

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68 KOTTUR GARDENS RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION KOTTUR GARDENS - CHENNAI - 600 085 MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION 1. Name : KOTTUR GARDENS RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION KOTTUR GARDENS KOTTURPURAM - CHENNAI - 600 085. 2. Objects. a) To look after the general welfare of the residents of the Colony. b) To arrange for non-political meetings, social gatherings, etc. c) To represent the interests of the residents before the appropriate authorities and take all necessary steps for the promotion of corporate life among members living in the area. d) To promote education, cultural and social activities in the Colony. e) To promote recreation facilities namely Sports, Music, Drama, Dance, etc.,for its members. f) To promote such other activities that are incidental to and / or conducive to the attainment of any or all of the objectives.

RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. NAME The name of the Association shall be the Kottur Gardens Residents’ Association, Kottur Gardens, Kotturpuram, Chennai - 600 085. The Association covers the area covered by Kottur Gardens, Tamil Nadu Housing Board Colony, Kotturpuram, chennai -85. a) Date of formation 01.07.91. b) Business Hours 4 P.M to 7 P.M. 2. ADDRESS The address of the Association shall be Kottur Gardens, Tamil Nadu Housing Board Colony, Kotturpuram, Chennai - 600 085.

69 3. OBJECTS The objects of the Association shall be : a. to look after the general welfare of the residents of the colony. b. to arrange for non - political meeting. social gatherings and get- togethers; c. to represent the interests of the residents before appropriate authorities and take the necessary steps for the promotion of corporate life among members living in the area; d. to promote educational, cultural, social activities in the colony. e. to provide recreational facilities namely Sports, Music, Drama, Dance, etc., for its members; f. to promote such other activities, that are incidental to and/or conducive to the attainment of any or all of the objectives.

4. MEMBERSHIP a) Membership shall be to all the owners of the Houses or Flats or to the spouses of owners b) Non- Owners residents who have taken either a bunglow or a flat in the colony on rent may be admitted as associate members without the right to vote or contest, propose/second a candidate for any post in the managing committee. Such members are enrolled at the discretion of the Managing Committee whose decision is final. c) Admission Fee : There shall be an admission fees of Rs.10/- for both members and Associate Members. the admission fee is not refundable. d) Subscription : The Annual Subscription shall be decided by the General Body from time to time. For the present it is Rs.100/- for each family in independent Houses and for each family in M.I.G. and H.I.G. Flats. e) Persons desirous of becoming members or associate members shall fill in the prescribed form and forward the same together with the prescribed admission fee and subscription to the secretary. Managing Committee will have to approve admission of all members.

70 f) No member or associate member who is in arrears of payment of subscription for six months shall be permitted to participate in the meetings of the Association. Any one whose subscription is in arrears exceeding six months shall automatically cease to be a member of association. Any one whose subscription is in arrears exceeding six months shall automatically cease to be a member or associate member and such member may be readmitted as a new member on payment of the admission fee of Rs.10/- subject to the approval of the Managing Committee. g) Subscription shall be paid for the entire year. h) Every member or associate member shall abide by the rules and regulations in force from time to time.

5. CONSTITUTION a) General Body : All members shall contitute the General Body. b) Managing Committee : There shall be a Managing Committee consisting of a President, Vice - President, Secretary, Treasurer and five members to be elected by the General Body.If members occupying a particular type of residence are not represented on the Managing Committee. the Managing Committee shall nominate two Members to represent such groups on the Managing Committee. c) Terms of office : The Managing Committee shall hold the office for one year. The terms of office of Managing Committee will be from 1st April to 31st March of the succeeding year. d) Casual Vacancies : Any casual vacancy or vacancies caused by resignation or otherwise may be filled by the managing committee by co-option of a member, such an incumbent shall hold office for the unexpired term. No proceedings of the Managing committee shall be invalidated by reason of any such vacancy or vacancies. e) No office bearer shall be eligible to hold the same office for more than two consecutive years. Members of the Managing Committee shall, however, be eligible for reelection.

71 6. ELECTIONS a) The election of office bearers and members of the Managing Committee shall be held at the General Body Meeting to take place ordinarily in April every year. b) (i) Members whose subscription and other dues are not in arrears upto 31 st March of the year in which the election is held shall be eligible to stand for election and to vote at the Annual General Body Meeting held for the specitic purpose of electing the Managing Committee. However, Associate Members shall not have the right to vote at the meeting of the General Body or propose or second names of candidate for election to the Managing Committee. (ii) Any member or spouse of the member, who has paid his membership dues by 31st March, of the year under consideration, and also that wherever the year under consideration, and also that wherever the word member is used. This amendment is approved by the AGM held on 18.6.2006. c) Every member present and voting, shall have one vote. d) Voting shall be by secret ballot. e) Elections shall be conducted by Returning officer appointed by the Managing Committee. Nomination forms, duly proposed seconded by members and accepted by the contestant members for a particular office shall be received by the Returning officer by a certain date and time fixed by the Managing Committee, which should be atleast seven clear days before the date fixed for the Annual General Meeting/ Election. Any candidate may withdraw his candidature by notice in writing signed by him and delivered at any time after the presentation of his nomination paper to the returning officer, but prior to two days of the date fixed for election. A notice of withdrawal of candidature once given shall be final. No member can hold more than one office at a time and he shall not, therefore, be eligible to contest for more than one office at a time. f) In the case of any dispute arising in the matter of election results. the matter shall be referred to a Committee consisting of three members to be constituted by the General Body every year before the election and the decision of the Committee will be final, irrevocable and binding. The three members shall not

72 stand for election to the posts of office bearers or membership of the Managing Committee for that year. 7. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS 1. General Body The General Boad shall be the ultimate authority in all matters relating to the administration of the Association. Among other matters, the following shall be dealt with by the General Body: a) Election of office bearers and the members of the Managing Committee. b) Considering and approving of the Annual reports. the budget estimates, the statement of accounts and the Auditors’ report. c) Approval of the amendment or addition or remove the Rules and Regulations. d) The General Body shall have power to repeal the Managing Committee by a vote of No- Confidence and expel any members from membership. e) And to take such other decisions as would further the objectives of the Association. 2. Managing Committee The Management of the Association shall vest in the Managing Committee. It may propose rules / regulations or amendments to them to be approved by a resolution by the General Body at its annual or extra- ordinary meetings. It shall have power to appoint, terminate or suspend any employee of the Association. 8. MEETINGS a) The Managing Committee shall convene an Annual General Body Meeting as soon as the audited Annual Accounts are ready and in any case before the end of June every year and present the Annual Report and the audited statement of account. There shall be a midyear General Body Meeting in October / November every year to report to the members about the activities till then and to get their views about the various programmes under implementation. Extra-Ordinary General Body Meeting may be convened by the Managing Committee at its own instance or on written requisitions by not less than one third of total numbers

73 on roll. Ten days notice shall be given for an Ordinary General Body Meeting. The quarum for the General Body Meeting shall ordinarily be 50 % of the total number of effective members on rolls or 20 members whichever is less. However, in respect of matters pertaining of the Association, the quarum for the General Body Meeting. shall be three- fourths of the total number of effective members on rolls, and the motion shall be deemed to be carried, if three-fourths of the members present vote for it. Alternatively. any resolution/ amendment to the constitution, considered essential and important. approved by the Managing Committee earlier, my be circulated among the members of the Association by the President/ Secretary and shall be deemed to have been passed, if more than half of the members on rolls approve. b) A ‘No Confidence’ motion against the Managing Committee shall be considered only if atleast one-third of the total number of members on rolls bring forward such a motion in writing. A General Body Meeeting will be convened specifically to consider it. The quarum for such General Body Meeting shall be two- thirds of the total number of the members present and voting in that meeting, vote in favour of such motion. c) MANAGING COMMITTEE The Managing Committee shall meet atleast once a month to discuss the affairs of the Association. It shall also meet whenever called for by the President or Secretary or by a written requisition to the Secretary from not less than 10 members to consider any urgent matters. Any subject requiring urgent action may be circulated among the members of the Managing Committee by the Secretary and shall be deemed to be approved if all the members of the Managing Committee present on that day in the Housing Board Colony. Such a resolution will be placed before the next Managing Committee meeting for ratification. Atlest seven days previous notice is to be given to the members. The quorum of the meeting is 5 members. 9. DUTIES OF OFFICE BEARERS a) President : The President shall be executive head of the Association and his advice shall be taken in all matters relating to the administration of the Association. He shall preside over

74 all meeting and shall have a casting vote in case of equality of votes. He shall have the power to call for special meetings of the Managing Committee or General Body. He may in anticipation of the approval of the Managing Committee authorise expenditure upto Rs.500/- on any single item. b) Vice-President : The Vice- President shall exercise all the powers of the President in the absence of the President, and such other functions as are delegated to him by the President. In the absence of the President, the Vice-President will preside over the Managing Committee or General Body Meeting. In the absence of both the President and Vice-president, in the case of a Managing Committee Meeting, one of the members of the Managing Committee will be elected to preside over it and in the case a General Body Meeting, one of the members of the association will be elected to preside over it. c) Secretary : The Secretary shall be the chief administrative officer to carry out the activities of the Association. He shall ; i) conduct all correspondence; ii) convene all meetings in consultation with President; iii) record and maintain the minutes of the proceedings of all the meetings of the Association and of the Managing Committee. iv) Exercise general control and supervision over the affairs of the Association in co-ordination with the President; v) Have custody of all the properties of the Association; vi) Have authority to incur expenditure not exceeding Rs.300/- on any single item in anticipation of the formal sanction of the managing committee. vii) Prepare at the close of each year an annual report on the working of the Association for the past financial year together with audited account and report. Such reports shall be subject to the approval of the Managing Committee before presentation to the General Body. d) Treasurer : He shall a) receive all moneys payable to the Association by members and others; b) take steps for collection of subscriptions etc.,

75 c) make all payments for an account of the Association against proper vouchers on authorisation either by the President or the Secretary; d) maintain financial accounts; e) have the custody of the cash of the Association; f) have an imprest cash balance not exceeting Rs.500/- at any time. 10. SUB-COMMITTEE Sub-committee may be appointed by the Managing Committee for specific purposes. 11. SOURCES OF INCOME The funds of the Association will be raised through: a) Subscriptions and fees as laid down in the rules and regulations of the association and / or funds raised from time to time for specified purposes; b) Donations from members, public or official bodies ; and c) In any other manner as approved by the managing committee/ general body. 12. BANK ACCOUNT All moneys received shall be deposited in a Bank approved, by the Managing Committee in the name of the Association. The Account shall be operated upon jointly by Treasurer and either the President or the Secretary. All expenses over Rs.100/shall ordinarily be paid by cheque. 13. ACCOUNTING YEAR The Accounting year of the Association shall be from 1st April of a year to 31st March of the succeeding year. 14. AUDIT The Accounts of the Association shall be audited by a Chartered Accountant or by a Member of the Association other than a Managing Committee member elected by the General Body every year. The remuneration. if any. to the auditor shall be

76 fixed by the General Body and paid out of the funds of the Association. 15. GENERAL a) The Association can be dissolved only at a special general body meeting attended by atleast 3/4th of the members on rolls. Three weeks notice of such a resolution shall be given to the secretary by not less than 50% of the effective members on rolls. The secretary will give atleast 15 days notice of such meeting to all members. b) If upon the dissolution of the Association there shall remain after satisfaction of all claims and liabilities any property or cash owned by it, it shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the association but shall be denoted or transferred to any other Society or Association with similar objects decided upon the votes of 3/4th of the members present at such special General Body Meeting. c) The Association shall sue and be sued in the name of the Secretary. All office bearers shall be indemified against all acts done in furtherance of the interests of the association. No legal proceedings will be instituted in the name of the Association without the approval of the Managing Committee. In case of emergency where it is not possible to convene the Managing Committee meeting, the President may authorise legal defence of the Association and the office bearers and the matter shall be placed before the next Managing Committee Meeting for ratification. For all things not specifically provided for in these rules and regulations, relevant provisions of the Societies Act will apply. Members are eligible to see the record of the association free of cost. Members are eligible to get copies of the Memorandum of Association and the Bye-laws at the rate of Rs.10/- (Rupees Ten only) per copy.

77 Kottur Gardens Residents’ Association Nomination form for the elction of President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Members of the Managing Committee 1. Name of the candidate :

2. Full address of the candidate :

2 A. Whether Owner / Tenant

3. Name of the Proposer and his address

4. Signature of the Proposer

5. Name of the Seconder and his address

6. Signature of the Seconder :

Candidate’s Declaration

I declare that I am willing to stand for the election to the office of the President / Vice-President / Secretary / Treasurer / Member of the Managing Committee.

Signature

Endorsement by the Returning Officer

The nomination was presented to me in person at my residence on ...... (date) at ...... (hours) by ...... (Name of the person presenting the nomination)

Signature of the Returning Officer

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