ASSOCIATION OF DOMESTIC TOUR OPERATORS OF INDIA (ADTOI)

Memorandum of Association as Amended upto 13.08.2005

{1} Name of the society
The name of the society shall be “ASSOCIATION OF DOMESTIC TOUR OPERATORS OF INDIA”, hereinafter called the ADTOI.

{2} Registered Office
The registered office of the society shall be located in the N.C.T of Delhi. At present it is located at 72, Todar Mal Road, Bengali Market, New Delhi-110001.

{3} Aims & Objects
The aims and objects of the society are as follows:

A) To promote and encourage environmental protection, cultural exchanges and national integration.

B) To diffuse and disseminate useful knowledge; and for that purpose, to organize, participate, manage, supervise or otherwise help in the promotion of educational, scientific, technical and other seminars, group discussions, exhibitions, expositions, displays, fairs, museums and the like, whether of permanent or temporary nature in India and elsewhere.

C) To found, maintain, manage, or supervise libraries, educational, technical training and vocational centers, polytechnics, research institutes, laboratories and other institutions concerned with the diffusion and dissemination of knowledge.

D) To chart plans, publish and encourage the publication of reference books, catalogues, directories, periodicals, leaflets, statistics, magazines, journals and books of a scientific or technical nature.

E) To grant stipends, scholarships, and other help to student engaged in the study of tourism and its development; to promote cultural exchanges and environmental protection within the territory of India.

F) To constitute Chairs and fellowships in India.

G) With a view to diffuse and disseminate knowledge for the development of domestic tourism in India, to prepare, draw up public plans, blue prints, surveys, schemes and reports concerning the status of the domestic tourism industry.

H) To establish channels of communication and liaison with the Department of Tourism, Government of India, State, and other public and private bodies and take all necessary steps to promote and develop domestic tourism in India.

I) To establish a healthy atmosphere in the domestic tourism industry and foster healthy relations between tour operators, travel agents and other persons and organizations in the tourism industry in India.

J) To formulate a uniform code of conduct to govern the procedures of booking, confirmation, payment, refund, cancellation, no-shows, changes, postponements, preponements, retention charges, commissions and discounts.

K) To affiliate with other societies or associations of tour operators in India and abroad.

L) To amalgamate with any society or association, institution, company or other body, whether corporate or not, having similar objects; likewise to purchase, acquire or otherwise take over the properties, assets, liabilities and engagements or any such similar bodies.

M) To set up and maintain high ethical standards in the Tourism Industry.

N) To purchase, take on lease, or exchange, hire or otherwise acquire any movable or immovable property.

O) To sell, manage, pledge, mortgage, lease, dispose of, or otherwise deal with all or any of the properties of the society.

P) To borrow or raise money in such manner as the society may deem fit.

Q) To invest any monies of the society that not immediately required for any of its objects in such manner as may from time to time be determined.

R) To prepare and publish periodicals or reports relating to the activities of the society.

S) To do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.

T) If upon dissolution of the society there shall remain, after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property, whatsoever the same shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of section 14 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

U) All the income, earnings, moveable, immoveable properties of the Association shall be solely utilized and applied towards the promotion of the Aims and Objects only as set forth in the memorandum of the Association and no profit thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividends, bonus, profits, or in any manner whatsoever to the present or past members of the Association or to any person claiming through any one or more of the present or past members. No members of the Association shall have any personal claim or any moveable or immoveable properties of the Association or make any profits, whatsoever, by virtue of his membership.

{4} Governing Body
The names, addresses, occupations and designation of the present members of the Governing Body to whom the management of the Association is entrusted as required under section 2 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860, as applicable to the N.C.T. of Delhi are as under:

{5} Desirous Persons
We, the undersigned are desirous of forming a society named association of Domestic Tour Operators of India under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 as applicable to the N.C.T. of Delhi in pursuance of this Memorandum of the Society.

SIGNED
(NIRUPENDRA PANDE)
TALWAR & PANDE ASSOCIATES
ADVOCATES & ATTORNEYS
B-146, MAHARANA PRATAP ENCLAVE
NEW DELHI-110034

SIGNATURES 1 TO 7 ATTESTED
SIGNED
NIRUPENDRA PANDE
ADVOCATE