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T he S ystem of M ush A warat in J am A‘ at - e -A hmadiyya thy o f being presenting in Shura, it should be presented on behalf of the Department, and not on behalf of the in dividual. With regard to proposals that are rejected, Hadrat Khalifatul Masxh IVrh once observed: “The list o f rejected proposals read out just now includes some proposals by Mr. Mubashirat Ahmad o f Lahore. There seems to have been a slight misunderstanding which has caused these proposals to be presented in a dif ferent form. I had referred these proposals to Secretary Majlis Kaxpardaz with the notation that if they consid ered them worthy o f being tabled before the Shura, they should submit them either on behalf o f their own De partment or through the Standing sub-committee. But there was apparently a misunderstanding, or perhaps I did not explain the matter adequately, and my notation was taken to mean that I wanted these proposals to be ta- • bled before the Shura. Thus, when these proposals came before me in their original form, they had to be rejected, for, under the rules, no proposal sent by an individual can be tabled before the Shura. It is true that all proposals are initiated by individuals, but they have to come through Jama'ats or through the established institutions. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1983, pp. 33-34] P r o c e d u r e f o r R e - S u b m i t t i n g a P r o p o s a l If a proposal has been tabled before Majlis-e-Shura and has been rejected, then, under the rules, such a proposal cannot be presented again before three years. Hadrat Khalifatul Maslh IVrh said: “A proposal that has been rejected by Khallfatul MasTh cannot be presented again until after three years. ” [Report Majlis-e-Shura 1983, p. 100] 271