PART VII EXTRAORDINARY

NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PANCHAYAT RAJ

ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ELECTION COMMISSION

ELECTIONS TO LOCAL BODIES – REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTY “B.R. AMBEDKAR

PRAJA PALANA PARTY”.

Order No.146/SEC-L/2018:- The President, “B.R. Ambedkar Praja Palana Party” made

an application to the A.P. State Election Commission for registration of ‘B.R. Ambedkar Praja

Palana Party’ as a political party under the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties

and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 issued by the APSEC.

2.

The A.P. State Election Commission set in motion the process of registration of “B.R.

Ambedkar Praja Palana Party” as per the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties

and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 giving a public notice calling for objections, if any, from

the general public for registration of the said party. The notice was published in Saakshi daily

newspaper on 11.12.2018 and also in the extraordinary issue of A.P. Gazette No.46, dated

4.12.2018.

3.

No objections were received by the A.P. State Election Commission from any quarter for

the proposed registration of “B.R. Ambedkar Praja Palana Party” as a political party in

response to the notice and gazette notification.

4.

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 243K of the

Constitution of India and Paragraph 3 in Part II of the Registration of Political Parties and

Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001, the A.P. State Election Commission, hereby, registers the

“B.R. Ambedkar Praja Palana Party” as a political party without a reserved symbol.

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Registered No. HSE-49/2016

No.9

AMARAVATI, TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2019

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NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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ANDHRA PRADESH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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5.

The “B.R. Ambedkar Praja Palana Party” shall open a bank account within seven days

from the date of receipt of this order as required under sub-para 4 (a) (viii) of para 3 of the

Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 and furnish the details

thereof to the A.P. State Election Commission.

6.

The registration shall not entitle the party for reservation of any exclusive symbol for it.

However, the candidates duly set up by the said party in local body elections held on party basis

will be entitled to preferential treatment over the independent candidates in allotment of free

symbols under Paragraph 5A(a) of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols

Order, 2001.

7.

Under Paragraph 3(9)(a) of the said Order, the party shall communicate to the A.P. State

Election Commission, without delay, any change in its name, head office, office-bearers, address

or in any other material information. The communication of such changes shall be accompanied

by the following documents:

(i)

An authenticated copy of the resolution passed by the competent body prescribed

in the party constitution and the full proceedings of the meeting at which the

decision of such changes is taken.

(ii)

Names of the office-bearers attending the said meeting.

(iii)

An attested copy of the extract of attendance register bearing signature of

participating members in the said meeting.

8.

It is also informed that the APSEC, while registering a political party, does not approve

the flags of political parties, and if the party has a flag, it shall be the own responsibility of the

party to ensure that the flag does not violate the provisions of the Emblems and Names

(Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 or the Flag Code of India or any other relevant law

related to the subject, and that its flag does not imitate in any manner the flag of any other

political party.

Vijayawada, A.V. SATYA RAMESH,

28.01.2019.

SECRETARY (FAC).

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