Rule 12. Quorum

(1) No business shall be transacted at any meeting of the Board unless at least one third of total members of the board are present in that meeting which shall include at least one non-official member.

Provided that if at a meeting, less than one third of total members of the board are present, the Chairperson may adjourn the meeting to another date informing the members present and giving notice to the other members that he proposes to dispose of the business at the adjourned meeting whether there is prescribed quorum or not, and it shall there upon be lawful for him to dispose of the business at the adjourned meeting irrespective of the number of members attending.

(2) The UT Administration may prohibit any member other than ex-officio members, from taking part in the meeting of the Board if: -Page 5 of 67 (a) he absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Board without written information and consent of the Chairperson; or

(b) In view of the Government, such member ceased to represent the interest which he purports to represent on the Board.