Governance
How the Association is run
The General Body of all members decides. Elected committees carry out its decisions. Independent committees settle disputes and run elections.
Structure
From the General Body to every district
Each level answers to its own general body; the State level answers to all members.
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Read moreGeneral BodyAll eligible, active members: the highest decision-making body.
- It amends the constitution and the Rules and approves the yearly plan, the budget and the reports.
- It meets at least once a year.
- Its decisions bind every unit, committee and office-bearer.
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Read moreProvincial Executive CommitteeThe principal executive body of the Association, answerable to the General Body.
- Elected: President, Vice-President, General Secretary (Organisation) and Treasurer.
- Nominated: General Secretary (Administration), Publicity and Media Secretary and Joint Treasurer.
- Ex officio: the presidents of the 5 Departmental and the 10 Divisional Committees.
- A term of 3 years; no one holds a post for more than two terms.
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Read more5 Departmental CommitteesOne for each construction department, speaking for it at the State level.
- Public Works; Urban Development and Housing; Water Resources; Public Health Engineering; Rural Engineering.
- Only the department's members vote in its election.
- Its president sits on the Provincial Executive Committee.
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Read more10 Divisional CommitteesOne for each revenue division, linking the State and the districts.
- Chambal, Gwalior, Ujjain, Indore, Bhopal, Narmadapuram, Sagar, Jabalpur, Rewa and Shahdol.
- They speak before Chief and Superintending Engineers.
- They oversee the District Committees of their division.
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Read more55 District CommitteesThe basic unit of the Association, one in every district.
- President, Secretary and Treasurer, all elected by the district's members.
- They speak before Executive Engineers and run the membership campaign.
- They carry members' cases through the division to the State.
Independent
Committees that stand apart
Disputes and elections are handled by members who hold no executive post.
Read moreDispute Resolution and Disciplinary CommitteeAn independent, permanent committee of a president and two members, for five years.
- It hears disputes between members, office-bearers and committees, and questions on the Rules.
- It reviews a Provincial Executive decision that a member says breaks the Rules.
- Its decision is final; its members sit on no executive committee.
Read moreElection CommitteeThree members, formed for each election 60 days before a term ends.
- It prepares the electoral roll and the schedule, and runs scrutiny, polling and counting.
- The Disciplinary Committee forms it from experienced, impartial members.
- Its members cannot be nominated to the committee that follows.
Read moreInterim CommitteeRuns the Association from its founding until the first election, for at most a year.
- Seven members, nominated by the founding members.
- It completes the membership campaign and holds the first election.
- The first election is held online by 1 February 2027.
Accountability
Rules that keep it accountable
What every office-bearer and committee is held to.
- Term limitsThree-year terms; no one holds a post for more than two terms.
- Who may standCandidates are 30 to 55 years old with three years of membership; the portal checks every nomination.
- One member, one voteDecisions are taken by majority; the president has a casting vote only in a tie.
- Audited every yearA chartered accountant audits the accounts every year, and 10% of the vouchers are checked every quarter.
- No self-dealingNo office-bearer may approve a payment to himself or herself, to family, or to a firm in which he or she holds more than 2%.
- Open recordsMembers may inspect the records and the accounts with the president's written permission.