As you may be aware, the next Elections to the Council and Regional Councils are scheduled to be held in the month of December 2012. For the purpose, a List of Voters as on 01.04.2012 is under preparation. As per Rule 6 read with clause (2) of Schedule 2 of the Chartered Accountants (Election to the Council) Rules, 2006, the List of Voters is required to contain the following particulars:-

1. Whether the voter is a associate or fellow;
2. The address of each member as determined under rule 5 for deciding the eligibility to the member to vote;
3. In the case of voters residing outside India, in addition to their address in India under clause (ii), their respective addresses outside India if furnished to the Institute by the voters concerned;
4. Details of e-mail address as furnished by a voter to the Institute, provided an express consent is given by the voter for its inclusion in the list of voters;
5. The manner in which the voter shall exercise his franchise; and
6. In case the voter is to exercise his franchise at a polling booth, the number and address of the polling booth, at which the franchise shall be exercised.

In compliance with the aforesaid clause (IV) above, we hereby seek your express consent for inclusion of your e-mail id available in the Institute records in the List of Voters – 2012.  For the purpose of seeking consent of the members a special Link http://www.icai.org/app_forms/election2012.html has been provided in the website of the Institute.  We   request you to kindly visit the above mentioned link and confirm your consent latest by 12th August 2012.

In case your response does not reach to us by 12th August 2012, it shall be presumed that you have not expressed your consent for inclusion of your e-mail address and accordingly, the same shall not be included.

T.Karthikeyan
Secretary