Section 40(1) in Telangana District Boards Act, 1955
(1)Any vacancy in the office of the President or the Vice-President due to death, resignation or removal or becoming incapable of acting as such or otherwise ceasing to be a President or Vice-President previous to the expiry of his term of office, shall be filled by the Board by election of a person thereto, who shall hold office so long only as the President or the Vice-President in whose place he is elected, would have held it if the vacancy had not occurred.
