DAMODARAM SANJIVAYYA NATIONAL LAW

UNIVERSITY
SABBAVARAM, VISAKHAPATNAM, A.P., INDIA

NAME OF THE TOPIC:

NOTICE OF ELECTION UNDER RULE 3 OF THE CONDUCT OF ELECTION
RULES, 1961

NAME OF THE SUBJECT:

DPC

NAME OF THE FACULTY:

Prof. S. Ganta Satyanarayana Sir

Name of the Candidate : Ch. Sharon Dinah

Roll No : 2018LLB085
Semester : 7th Semester

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

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I would sincerely forward my heartfelt appreciation to our respected DPC professor, Prof. S.
Ganta Satyanayana Sir for giving me a golden opportunity to take up this project regarding
“Notice of Election under Rule 3 of The Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.” I have tried my
best to collect information about the project in various possible ways to depict clear picture
about the given project topic.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………….04

2. HISTORY…………………………………………………………………..04

3. ISSUE OF PUBLIC NOTICE BY RETURNING OFFICER………………08

 Mistake in the notice

4. CASELAWS………………………………………………………………. 09

5. PROFORMA DRAFT………………………………………………………13

6. CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………..14

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………..15

INTRODUCTION

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SECTION-3. THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS RULES, 1961.1

Public notice of intended election -

The public notice of an intended election referred to in section 31 shall be in Form 1 and
shall, subject to any directions of the Election Commission, be published in such manner as
the returning officer thinks fit.

SECTIION-31. THE REPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE ACT, 1951.

Public notice of election.

On the issue of a notification under section 30, the returning officer 2 shall give public notice
of the intended election in such form and manner as may be prescribed, inviting nominations
of candidates for such election and specifying the place at which the nomination papers are to
be delivered.

 The Election Commission can regulate its procedures and it can authorize officer on
special duty to sign and authenticate the notification issued in the name of the
Election Commission.

Proper notice of election must be given as required by law. The rule requiring the giving of
such notice cannot be dispensed. It may be noticed that notice for election is to be issued
under Sections 12 to 18 of Representation of the People Act, 1951. Certain other notices such
as the notice appointing the date for nominations, scrutiny of nominations etc., are also to be
given. Sometimes questions arise as to how the election is affected, if there are some errors in
the notice.

HISTORY

India, aafter ait agained aits aindependence, awas adeclared aa asovereign, asecular, asocialist aand
ademocratic arepublic. aThe aBritish aruled aIndia afrom a1858 ato a1947, aafter awhich aIndia

arode adown athe aroad aof ademocracy. aTherefore, athe apeople ain aState aLegislatures aand ain

aParliament aare aelected aby amethod aof avoting. aBut aeven ain aa ademocracy, alaws aare

arequired ato aensure athe abest arepresentatives aare aelected afor athe aproper agovernance aof

aIndia. aThese alaws aensure athat athe aelections aand athe avoting ais afair aand afree afor aall

aeligible acitizens. aFurthermore, aelections ashould abe aheld ain asuch aan aatmosphere athat

aallows aits acitizens ato aexercise atheir aright ato avote aaccording ato atheir awill.
1
Rules recently amended vide Notification. No. S.O. 272(E), dated the 27th February, 2004.
2
The words "for the constituency" omitted by s. 28, ibid. (w.e.f. 14-12-1966).

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Our agovernment ais abased aon athe aBritish aWestminster asystem aof aparliament awhich ais
astructured aas afollows:

An aelected apresident

An aelected avice-president

Elected aparliament

Elected astate alegislature

Customised afor athe aIndian asmall atowns aand arural aareas, athe aIndian aGovernment aalso
ahas:

Elected amunicipalities

Panchayats

Other alocal abodies.

Election aRequisites

In aorder ato aconduct afree aand afair aelections ato athe adifferent aposts aof athe acountry, athere
aare athree amajor arequisites alisted.

 An aauthority ais aneeded ato aconduct athe aelections. aThis aauthority ashould abe afree
aof apolitical ainterference.

 A aset aof alaws ais arequired athat awill agovern athe aelections. aThe aauthority athat ais ain
acharge aof aconducting athe aelections awill ahold athese alaws.

 A aredressal amechanism athrough awhich aany adoubts aand adisputes athat aarise aout aof
athe aelections acan abe aresolved.

Election aCommission

The aConstitution aof aIndia ahas amade aprovisions afor aall athree aof athese arequisites. aIndia
ahas aan aindependent aElection aCommission awhich ahandles aand acontrols athe adirection aand

asuperintendence aof athe aelectoral arolls. aA abody asimilar ato athe aElection aCommission awas

aformed aas aan aindependent aconstitutional aauthority ato aconduct aelections ato alocal abodies,

apanchayats aand amunicipalities. aThe aElection aCommission aissues adirections aand

ainstructions ain athe aform aof acompendia aand ahandbooks afor athe afollowing:

Electoral aRegistration aOfficers

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Returning aOfficers

Presiding aOfficers

Candidates

Polling aagents

Counting aagents

Credit aScore

Election aLaws

For athe aoffice aof apresident, avice-president aand astate alegislatures, athe aauthority ato aenact
alaws aremains awith athe aConstitution ain athe aParliament aof aIndia. aFor athe amunicipalities,

apanchayats aand aother alocal abodies, alaws arelating ato athe aconduct aof aelections awill abe

aframed aby athe arespective aState aLegislatures.

Redressal

The aredressal afor aany adoubts aand adisputes aarising aout aof athe aelections ato athe aoffice aof
athe aPresident aof aIndia aand athe aVice-President aof aIndia alie awith athe aSupreme aCourt.

For adoubts aand adisputes aarising aout aof aelections ato athe aoffices aof aParliament aand aState
aLegislatures, athe aHigh aCourt aserves aas athe ainitial ajurisdiction. aThere ais aa aprovision ato

aappeal ato athe aSupreme aCourt aif aneeded.

For amatters arelating ato athe aelections ato amunicipalities aand aother alocal abodies, athe alower
acourts aare aentrusted awith aresolving adisputes ain aaccordance awith athe alaws aenacted aby

athe aconcerned aState aGovernment.

Acts aand aRules arelating ato athe aElection aLaws3

 Presidential aand aVice-Presidential aElections aAct a1952

This aact awas aenacted aby athe aIndian aParliament afor athe aelection ato athe aoffices aof
aPresident aand aVice-President aof aIndia.

 Presidential aand aVice-Presidential aElections aRules a1974

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aHalsbury's aLaws aof aIndia a(Elections), a(2nd aEd.)

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This ais aa asupplementary aset aof arules ato athe aPresidential aand aVice-Presidential aElections
aAct a1952.

 Representation aof athe aPeople aAct a1950

This aAct agoverns athe aconduct aof aelections ato aState aLegislatures aand ato aParliament. aThis
aact ais aconcerned awith athe apreparation aof aelectoral arolls aand atheir arevisions.

 The aRegistration aof aElectors aRules a1960

Under aSection a28 aof athe aAct, athese arules awere amade aby athe aCentral aGovernment aalong
awith athe aElection aCommission, aand asupplements athe aprovisions aof athis aact awith

adetailed arules. aAll arules arelating ato athe apreparation aof aelectoral arolls, atheir aperiodic

aupdating aand arevision afall aunder athis aprovision. aIt aprovides afor athe aregistration aof

aeligible aelectors aand athe aissue aof avoter aID acards aor aelectoral aidentity acards awith athe

avoter’s aphotograph. aIt aalso aincludes arules aon athe ainclusion aof aeligible avoters, athe

aexclusion aof aineligible avoters aand aany acorrections arequired. aWith athese arules, athe

aElection aCommission ais aempowered ato aprepare athe aphoto aelectoral arolls awhich awill

acontain athe aname, aphotograph aand aother aparticulars aof athe aelectors.

 Representation aof athe aPeople aAct a1951

This aAct agoverns athe aactual aconduct aof aelections ato aState aLegislatures aand ato
aParliament. aAccording ato athis aAct, aall apost-election amatters athat acomprise aof adoubts

aand adisputes athat aarise aout aof athe aelections aor aare ain aconnection awith athe aelections,

awill abe adealt awith ain aaccordance ato athe aprovisions aof athis aAct. aAll adisputes acan abe

araised ain athe aHigh aCourt aof athe arespective aState. aThese apost-election amatters acan abe

araised aafter athe aelection ais aover aand anot aduring athe aprocess aof ait.

 Conduct aof aElections aRules a1961

These arules awere aframed aunder aSection a169 aof athe aAct4 aby athe aCentral aGovernment
aalong awith athe aElection aCommission. aIt adeals awith adetailed arules afor aevery astage aof

athe aconduct aof aelections. aIt aencompasses athe aissue aof athe awrit anotification afor

aconducting aelections, afiling aof anominations, aand athe ascrutiny aof athe anominations. aIt

aalso adeals awith awithdrawal aof acandidates. aTaking athe apolls aand acounting avotes aare aalso

agoverned aby athese arules. aFinally, athe aconstitution aof athe aHouses abased aon athe aresults

aare aalso acategorised aunder athese arules.

aThe aRepresentation aof athe aPeople aAct a(No. a43) aof a1951.
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 ISSUE aOF aPUBLIC aNOTICE aBY aTHE aRETURNING aOFFICER

(1) Immediately aafter asuch anotification, a

You aare arequired ato aissue aa apublic anotice aof athe aelection aunder asection a31 aof athe
aRepresentation aof athe aPeople aAct, a1951 aread awith arule a3 aof athe aConduct aof

aElections arules, a1961. aThe anotice awill abe aissued ain aForm aI aappended ato athe asaid

arules.

(2) In athe apublic anotice, ayou ahave ato aspecify, aamong aother athing, athe aname(s)
aof athe aAssistant. a

Returning aOfficer(s) awho awill aalso areceive anomination apapers, ain aaddition ato ayou,
aand aalso athe aplaces) aat awhich athe anomination apapers ashall abe areceived aby ayou aand

athe aspecified aAssistant aReturning aOfficer(s). aNormally, ayou ashould anot aspecify

amore athan aone aAssistant aReturning aOfficer afor athe apurpose aand ahe ashould aas afar

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aas apossible abe athe aone astationed aat ayour aheadquarter.

(3) The apublic anotice ashall abe apublished ain athe afollowing amanner:-
(i) It ashall abe ain aform a1 aappended ato athe aConduct aof aElections aRules,
a1961 aand ashall abe apublished aon athe asame adate aon awhich athe

anotification aof aelection ais apublished. aThis apublic anotice acan abe

aissued aeven aon aa aholiday aincluding aa apublic aholiday, anotified aunder

asection a25 aof athe aNegotiable aInstruments aAct, a1881.

(ii) At aan aelection aby amembers aof athe aLegislative aAssembly, athe anotice
ashall aby aprepared ain aEnglish aand ain athe aregional alanguage aof athe

astate; aand aat aelections afrom athe aCouncil aConstituencies, ait ashall abe ain

aEnglish aand athe aofficial alanguage aof athe astate aor athe aregional

alanguage aof athe aparticular aarea aof athe astate ain awhich athe

aconstituency ais awholly asituated.

(iii) The anotice ashall abe apublished ain aeach aof athe alanguages aon athe anotice
aboard aof ayour aoffice aand aat asuch aother aplaces aas ayou amay aconsider

anecessary afor agiving awide apublicity ato ait aincluding aoffices aof

aPanchayat aSamities, aGram aPanchayats, aetc.

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aDoabia a& aDoabia: aLaw aof aElections aand aElection aPetitions, a(5th aEd.) a2016

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Mistake ain athe anotice, acandidates amisled ainto adelivering atheir anomination apapers
atoo alate.

If aowing ato aa amistake ain athe anotice aof aelection asome acandidates aare amisled ainto
adelivering atheir anomination apapers atoo alate aand athey aare arejected aby athe aReturning

aOfficer afor abeing alate, athe aelection awill abe aavoided. aOn athe aother ahand, afailure ato

acomply awith athe atimetable aas arespects athe apublication aof athe anotice aof athe aelection

adoes anot arender athe aelection avoid aif athe aresult aof athe aelection ahas anot abeen aaffected aby

ait. a

CASE aLAWS

 Hariramsingh avs. aKamtaprasad aSharma6

Court: aMadhya aPradesh aHigh aCourt

Bench: aT aNaik, aN aGolwalkar

Brief aFacts:

This ais aan aappeal aunder aSection a116A athe aAct7 aagainst athe aorder, adated a20-10-1964, aof
athe aElection aTribunal, aBhind, asetting aaside athe aelection aof athe aappellant ato athe aMadhya

aPradesh aLegislative aAssembly afrom athe aMorena aConstituency aon athe aaround athat ahe

aand ahis aelection aagent aSumati aChand aShastri awere aguilty aof athe acorrupt apractice aof

abribery awithin athe ameaning aof aSection a123(1) aof athe aAct.

Contention:

It ais anext acontended athat ano apublic anotice aof aelection awas agiven aas arequired aby
aSection a31 aof athe aAct, ain aso afar aas athe anotification aunder aSection a30 awas apublished

aon a1-11-1968 aand athe apublic anotice aof athe aintended aelection aunder aSection a31 awas

agiven aon a30-10-1963 aThe acontention ais athat aa apublic anotice aunder aSection a31 aof athe

aAct ahas ato abe agiven a'on athe aissue aof aa anotification aunder aSection a30'; aand aunder

aSection a20, athe anotification ahas ato abe ain athe aOfficial aGazette, aso athat athe aexpression

a'on athe aIssue aof aa anotification aunder aSection a30' ain aSection a31 ameans aon athe aissue aof

aa anotification ain athe aOfficial aGazette aas arequired aby aSection a30.

Reasoning:

aAIR a1966 aMP a255.

6

aRepresentation aof athe aPeople aAct a(No. a43) aof a1951.

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In aour aopinion, athere ais ano amerit ain athe acontention. aEx. aR a6 ais athe apublic anotice aunder
aSection a31. aIt awas apublished aon a1 a11-1963. aNo adoubt, aas aEx. aR-5 ashows, ait awas

aprepared aon a30-10-1963; abut ait awas adirected ato abe apublished aon a1-11-1963 aby a10 aa.m.

aThe anotification aunder aSection a30 awas aalso apublished ain athe aOfficial aGazette aon a1-11-

1963, awhich amust ahave abeen aon athe adawn aof athe a1st aof aNovember a1963.8
aConsequently, athe apublic, anotice aunder aSection a31 aof athe aAct, awhich awas agiven aon athe

aissue aof athe anotification aunder aSection a30 aas arequired aby athe aAct, acannot abe aheld ato

abe ainvalid. aIt ahas ato abe aremembered athat athe aelection ais aan aintegrated aprocess awhich

ahas ato abe acompleted awithin athe ascheduled atime awhich ais aadmittedly avery ashort, aand

aconsequently awe acannot acut athe atime aof athe apublication aof avarious anotices atoo afine

aand athus afind afault awith athem aBesides, ait ais aagain aa atrite ato asay athat aany airregularity

ain athis abehalf, aeven aif aproved awill anot avitiate athe aelection aunless athe aresult aof athe

aelection ahad abeen amaterially aaffected athereby aof awhich athere ais ano aevidence ain athis

acase.

Judgement:

In athe aresult, athe aappeal ais aallowed aand athe aelection apetition afiled aby athe arespondent
adismissed awith acosts athroughout. aCounsel's afee aRs. anil aas ano acertificate afiled.

 Balji avs. aMurarka aRadheyshyam aRamkumar9

Court: aRajasthan aHigh aCourt

Bench: aI aModi, aB aBeri

Breif aFacts: a

This ais aan aelection aappeal aunder aSection. a116A aof athe aAct.10 aThe aappellant aShri aBalji
awas aa acandidate afor aelection ato athe aHouse aof athe aPeople afrom athe aJhunjhunu

aParliamentary aConstituency aat athe aGeneral aElection aheld ain aJanuary, a1962. aThe

arespondent aShri aMurarka aRadheyshyam aRamkumar awas adeclared asuccessful aat athis

aelection. aThe aappellant's anomination apaper awas arejected aby athe aReturning aOfficer aand

athe aobjection araised aon abehalf aof athe aappellant athat ahaving aregard ato athe amention athat

awas amade ain athe areceipt athat athe anomination apapers awould abe ascrutinised aby athe

areturning aofficer aat a2-58 aP.M. aon. athe a22nd aJanuary, a1962, athe asaid aofficer ahad ano

aSee aMadhya aPradesh aGazette aExtraordinary, adated a1-11-1963, ap. a2931.

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aAIR a1965 aRaj a23.

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aRepresentation aof athe aPeople aAct a(No. a43) aof a1951.

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abusiness ato ascrutinise ahis anomination apaper abefore athat atime, aand athat athis ahas acaused

ahim aa aserious aprejudice afrom awhich ahe ahad aand ahas aa aright ato abe asaved aand awhich

amust, atherefore, aresult ain athe asetting aaside aof athis aelection.

Contention:

Whether, aAppellant acould ahave aany alegitimate agrievance athat ahe ahad abeen amisled aby
atime afor ascrutiny amentioned ain ahis areceipt aEx. a2?

Reasoning:

So afar aas athe aappellant's aversion amade aat athe atrial athat ahe ahad abeen aorally ainformed aby
athe aAssistant aReturning aOfficer athat athe ascrutiny awould atake aplace aat a2:58 aP. aM. aon

athe a22nd aJanuary a3962, awe ahave ano ahesitation ain asaying athat ait ais aabsolutely

aunacceptable. aNo aquestion awas aput ato athe aAssistant aReturning aOfficer, ain athat abehalf

awhen ahe awas aexamined aby athe aappellant ahimself aon ahis aside aand aconsequently ahe ahas

asaid anothing aon athat aaspect aof athe amatter. aOn athe aother ahand, ahe aclearly adeposed athat

athe atime aentered ain athe areceipt aEx. a2 afor ascrutiny aas a2.58 aP. aM. awas ajust aan

aaccidental aslip aof apen, abecause aat athis atime athe anomination aform awas apresented.

FORM a1 aNOTICE aOF aELECTION

Sd/-
(Seal)
a(See aRule a3) aReturning aOfficer

Election ato aHouse aof athe aJhunjhunu aParliamentary

People aConstituency a(B.M.)
Notice ais ahereby agiven aJHUNJHUNU.
that:-- a
(1) an aelection ais ato abe aheld aof aa amember ato afill athe aseat aallotted ato athe aJhunjhunu
aconstituency aof athe aHouse aof athe aPeople.

(2) forms aof anomination apaper amay abe aobtained aat athe aoffices aof athe aofficers
aspecified ain aparagraph a6 abetween athe ahours aof a11 aA.M. ato a2 aP.M. aand afrom

a13th aJanuary a1962 a(date) ato a20th aJanuary a62 a(date).

(3) nomination apapers amay abe adelivered abetween athe ahours aof aIT ain athe amorning
aand a3 ain athe aafternoon aby aa acandidate aor ahis aproposer ato aany aof athe aofficers

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 aspecified ain aparagraph a6 aat ahis aoffice aon aany aday anot alater athan athe a20th aday

aof aJanuary a1962.

(4) the anomination apapers awill abe ataken aup afor ascrutiny aat a11 aA. aM. a(hours') aon
a22nd aJanuary a(date) a1962 aat aCollectorate aJhunjhunu a(Place).

(5) notice aof awithdrawal aof acandidature amay abe adelivered aby aa acandidate, ahis
aproposer aor aelection aagent ato aany aone aof athe aofficers aspecified ain aparagraph, a6

aat ahis aoffice abefore a3 aP.M. aon a25th aJanuary a1962.

(6) nomination apapers aand anotices aof awithdrawal amay abe adelivered ato aany aone aof
athe aofficers aspecified ain athe afirst acolumn aof athe afollowing atable aspecified, ain

athe acorresponding aentry ain athe asecond acolumn aof athe atable:

TABLE

Designation aof athe aofficer aLocation aof aofficer

1 a2

a1. aReturning aOfficer. aDiet. aElectoral aOfficer, aDist. aMagistrate, aJhun a-jhunu

aCollectorate, aJhunjhunu

2. aAssistant aReturning aOfficer aDy. aDist. aElectoral aOfficer ajhunjhunu. aCollectorate,

aJhunjhunu.

(7) In athe aevent aof athe aelection abeing acontested, athe apoll awill atake aplace aon a21st,
a23rd aand a25th aof aFebruary a1962 a(dates) abetween athe ahours aof a8 aA.M. aand a5

aP.M.

Sd./V.I. aRajagopal
Returning aOfficer
Jhunjhunu aParliamentary aConstituency aJhunjhunu
Sd./ aK.C. aJain
Date: a13.01.62

Place: aJhunjhunu a(Seal)

RETURNING aOFFICER
PARLIAMENTARY aCONSTITUENCY.

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We ashould aalso alike ato amake ait aclear athat areading aSection a31 atogether awith aRule a3 aof
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athe aRules aand athe aform a1 aprescribed athereunder, athe anotice aissued aunder athese

aprovisions aalready aset aout athe atime afor athe afiling aand athe ascrutiny aof athe anomination

apapers, aand awe aare anot aprepared ato aaccept athe asubmission aof alearned acounsel afor athe

aappellant athat athis ais aproperly arequired ato abe adone aunder athe ascheme aof athe aAct afor

athe afirst atime aunder aSection a35 athereof, awhen athe alast-mentioned asection, aamong aother

amatters, arequires athat aon areceiving athe anomination apaper aunder aSub-section a(1) aof

aSection a33, athe aReturning aOfficer ashall ainform athe aperson aor apersons adelivering athe

asame aof athe adate, atime aand aplace afixed afor athe ascrutiny aof anominations.

That aprovision, ato aour amind, ahas abeen amade amerely aby away aof aabundant acaution aand
ano amore aso afar aas athis aaspect aof athe amatter ais aconcerned. aWe ashould aalso alike ato

amake ait aclear athat athe aphrase a"intended aelection" aas aused ain aSection a31 ahas anot abeen

abased ain aany anarrow asense abut aembraces athe aentire aprocess aof aelection afrom athe atime

athe aconstituency ahas abeen acalled aupon ato ago ato apoll atill athe aresult aof athe apoll ais

adeclared. a

As awe alook aat athe amatter, atherefore, awe aare aclearly aof athe aopinion athat ahaving aregard
ato aall athe acircumstances, ait awas athe aduty aof athe aappellant aelection-petitioner ato ahave

abeen apresent aat athe atime aof athe ascrutiny, athat ais, a11 aA. aM. aon athe a22nd aJanuary,

a1962, ain athe aoffice aof athe aReturning aOfficer aat aJhunjhunu, aand aif ahe afailed ato ado aso,

aand ahis anomination apaper awas adisposed aof ain ahis aabsence, athe afault ais aentirely ahis

aown, aand, aat aany arate, awe aare anot aable ato ahold athat athat ahas areally acaused ahim aany

aprejudice.

Judgement:

For athe areasons amentioned aabove, athis aappeal afails aand ais ahereby adismissed awith acosts.
aWe aassess athe acounsel's afee aat aRs. a300/-.

PROFORMA aDRAFT

NOTICE aOF aELECTION

Notice ais ahereby agiven athat: a

(1) aan aelection ais ato abe aheld aof aa amember ato aWard aNo. a05 aof athe aSattenapalli
aMunicipality; a

aThe aConduct aof aElection aRules, a1961.

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(2) anomination apapers amay abe adelivered aby aa acandidate aor ahis aproposer ato athe
aMunicipal aReturning aOfficer aat aMunicipal aOffice, aSattenapalli abetween a11 aA.M. aand a3

th
aP.M. aon aany aday a(other athan apublic aholiday) anot alater athan a20 aOctober a2021; a

(3) aforms aof anomination apaper amay abe aobtained aat athe aplace aand atimes aaforesaid; a

(4) athe anomination apapers awill abe ataken aup afor ascrutiny aon a22nd aOctober a2021 aat
aMunicipal aOffice, aSattenapalli; a

(5) anotice aof awithdrawal aof acandidature amay abe adelivered aby aa acandidate aor ahis
aproposer aor ahis aelection aagent a(who ahas abeen aauthorised ain awriting aby athe acandidate

ato adeliver ait) ato athe aofficer aspecified ain aparagraph a(2) aabove aat ahis aoffice abefore a3

aP.M. aon athe a

(6) ain athe aevent aof athe aelection abeing acontested, athe apoll awill abe ataken aon abetween athe
ahours aof a9 aa.m. aand a4 ap.m. a

Place: aSattenapalli

Date: a18-10-2021 a

aCh. aSharon aDinah a

aMunicipal

CONCLUSION

This Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 was amended in 2013. The notification as per the
Official Gazette states that in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 169 of the
Representation of the People Act, 1951 (43 of 1951), the Central Government, after
consulting the Election Commission, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the
Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 and that these rules may be called the Conduct of Election
(Amendment) Rules, 2013.

The Acts and Rules listed above empower the Election Commission to issue directives to
deal with different aspects involved with the preparation of electoral rolls, its revision and
the actual conduct of elections. All grievance related to the elections will have to be resolved
under the Representation of the People Acts 1950 and 1951, and the Registration of Electors
Rules 1960 and Conduct of Elections Rules 1961. These Acts and Rules form a complete set

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of rules and a code for all matters relating to the elections to the State Legislatures and
Houses of Parliament.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

1. Doabia & Doabia: Law of Elections and Election Petitions, (5th Ed.) 2016
2. Halsbury's Laws of India (Elections), (2nd Ed.)

Online Resources

1. https://www.manupatra.in/
2. https://www.indiakanoon.in/

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