PART VII EXTRAORDINARY
No.42 AMARAVATI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2019 G.697 NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
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Notifications Relating to the Administration of Panchayat Raj
ANDHRA PRADESH STATE ELECTION COMMISSION
ELECTIONS TO LOCAL BODIES – REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTY "TELUGU JANATA
PARTY".
Order No.200/SEC-L/2019:- The President, "Telugu Janata Party" made an application to the A.P. State Election Commission for registration of 'Telugu Janata 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 "Telugu Janata Party" as per the provisions of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001 giving a public notice by the applicant calling for objections, if any, from the general public for registration of the said party. The notice was published by the applicant in Andhra Bhoomi and Deccan Chronicle daily newspapers on 4.10.2019. The notice was also published in the extraordinary issue of A.P. Gazette No.34, dated 14.10.2019.
3. No objections were received by the A.P. State Election Commission from any quarter for the proposed registration of "Telugu Janata Party" as a political party in response to the said notices and gazette notification.
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5. 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) in Part-III of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001.
6. Under Paragraph 3(9)(a) in Part-II of the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols Order, 2001, 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 duly following the procedure laid down in the said Order.
7. 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, 20.11.2019. SECRETARY