PART VII EXTRAORDINARY

A.P. STATE ELECTION COMMISSION

1^st Floor, New HODs Building, M.G. Road, Vijayawada-520010.

NOTIFICATION

No. 30/SEC-B2/2021

Date: 13.02.2021

WHEREAS, the State Election Commission issued Notifications on 23.01.2021,

25.01.2021 and 28.01.2021 for conduct of Ordinary Elections to Gram Panchayats in the

State in 4 Phases;

AND WHEREAS, the Collector and District Election Authority, Guntur in his Letter

No.3609/2020-G9, dtd.09.02.2021 stated that Ward No.1 of Buthumalli Gram Panchayat is

reserved for SC (W) and the same was mentioned in the Notice of the Elections also and

during the nomination period the Stage-I Returning Officer has mistakenly received the

nomination to the said Ward from SC (G) category instead of SC (W) and during scrutiny

also, Returning Officer has accepted the Nomination and declared that SC (G) candidate

was elected unanimously in Form X, since single nomination was filed to Ward No.1 and

requested the Commission to issue instructions for taking necessary further action;

AND WHEREAS, the report also contain a copy of the letter from the candidate

declared elected unanimously for Ward No.1 stating that he had filed Nomination under the

impression that the said ward was reserved for SC (G), which was also erroneously

accepted by the Returning Officer and processed it in further stages of Election till

declaration of unanimous election and that he had returned the Form X back to the

Returning Officer at his own will;

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Registered No. HSE-49/2016

No.22

AMARAVATI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2021

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NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

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ANDHRA PRADEH GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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AND WHEREAS, the State Election Commission after careful examination of the

matter, came to the conclusion that the election process of Ward No.1 of Buthumalli Gram

Panchayat was vitiated due to erroneous receipt of nomination paper and decided to set

right the vitiated election process by re-notifying it afresh from the stage of issuance of

Election Notice by the Returning Officer;

NOW, THEREFORE, the State Election Commission, in exercise of the powers

conferred under Article 243K of the Constitution of India, Section 200(1), Section 201-A(1),

sub-sec.(2) of Section 13 and sub-sec.(2) of Section 14 of the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat

Raj Act, 1994 (Act 13 of 1994), the State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh, hereby re-

notifies the schedule for the election of Ward Member of 1^st Ward of Buthumalli Gram

Panchayat, Vemuru Mandal of Guntur District as indicated below.

S.

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ACTIVITY

DATE AND TIME

1.

(a) Date of issue of Election Notice by the

Returning Officer in Form-I under Rule 6 of

Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj (Conduct of

Elections) Rules, 2006.

14.02.2021

(From this date, nominations can be filed

between 10.30 A.M.to 5.00 P.M.)

(b) Display of Ward-wise electoral roll of

Gram Panchayat by Returning Officer under

Rule 5 of said rules.

14.02.2021

2.

Last Day for Receipt of Nominations

16.02.2021

(Up to 5:00 PM)

3.

Scrutiny of Nominations

17.02.2021

(From 8:00 AM onwards)

4.

Appeal against Rejection of Nominations

before the Appellate Authority (Revenue

Divisional Officer concerned)

18.02.2021

(Up to 5:00 PM)

5.

Disposal of Appeals by the Appellate Authority

19.02.2021

6.

Last date for Withdrawal of Candidatures

20.02.2021

(Upto 3:00 PM)

7.

Publication of Final List of Contesting

Candidates

20.02.2021

(After 3:00 PM)

8.

Conduct of Poll, if necessary

25.02.2021

(From 6.30 AM to

3.30 PM)

9.

Counting of Votes

25.02.2021

(From 4.00 PM onwards)

10. Declaration of Results

Soon after the

completion

of counting of votes

Wide publicity shall be given in the polling areas concerned.

Vijayawada,

Dr.N.Ramesh Kumar

13.2.2021.

State Election Commissioner

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