REGISTERED No. D. 221
The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 78] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1968/PHALGUNA 21,1889
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ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
NOTIFICATIONS
New Delhi, the 11th March 1968
S.O. 936.—Whereas t he President h as by notification published in t he Gazette of India, on 11th March, 1968, called upon t he elected members of the Legislative Assembly of each State or, as the case may be, the members of t he Electoral College of each Union Territory, specified in column 1 of t he table below to elect the number of members specified against that State or Union Territory in column 2 of t he said table, to t he Council of States:—
TABLE
Number of seats to be
filled Name of State/Union Territory
2 1
2 7 3 3 5 6 6 1. Assam . . . . . . . .. 2. Bihar . 3. Gujarat 4. Kerala 5. Madhya Pradesh . . . . . .. 6 Madras . . . . . .. 7. Maharashtra . , , . , . ..
( 3 3 7)
3 J8 T HE G A Z E T TE OF I N D IA E X T R A O R D I N A RY [TART I I- 2 IH. 9- 1 0.
i i. 1 2. 13- 14. 15-
M y s o re . . . . . .. Orissa Punjab Rajauthan Uttar Pradesh . . . .. Nagaland Himachal Pradesh Tripura
4 ? 2 4 12 1 1 1
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 39 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Election Commission hereby appoints with, respect to the said election—
(a) the 18th March, 1968, as the last date for making nominations; (b) the 19th March, 1968, as the date for the scrutiny of nominations; (c) the 21st March, 1968, as the last date for the withdrawal of candi-
datures;
(d) (i) the 28th March, 1968, as the date on which a poll shall, if necessary,
be taken in other States and Union Territories except Rajasthan;
(ii) the 31st March, 1968, as the date on which a poll shall, if necessary, be taken in the State of Rajasthan;
(e) the 1st April, 1968, as the date before which the election shall be com-
pleted,
[No. 318/68(1).]
S.O. 937,—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 21 and sub-section (1) of section 22 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, the Election Com- mission hereby—
(a) designates, in respect of the biennial election to the Council of States to be held In the States specified in column 1 of the Table below in pursuance of the President's notification published in the Gazette of India on the 11th March, 1968, the officer specified against that State in column 2 to be the Returning Officer, and
(b) appoints in respect of the- said election the officer specified against that
State in column 3 to assist the said Returning Officer.
TABLfl
Officer designated an Return-
Name of State/Union Ter- ritory
ing Officer
1
2 Officer appointed as Assistant Returning Officer
3
Secretary, Assam Legislative As-
Assam
sembly.
2. Bihar
Deputy Secretary, Assam Legis- lative Assembly.
Secretary, Bihar Legislative As-
sembly.
Joint Secretary, Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Secretary, Gujarat Legislature
3- Gujarat.
Secretariat.
4. Kerala .
Under Secretary, Gujarat Legis- lature Secretariat.
Secretary. Kerala Legislative
Assembly.
5. Miihya Pradesh
Deputy Secretary, Kerala LegiB- tive Assembly.
Secretary, Madhya Pradesh,
6. Mi Iras
Deputy Secretary, Madhya Pra- desh, Vidhan Sabha.
Vidhan Sabha. Secretary, Legislative Assembly
Department, Madras.
Assistant Secretary (Bills) Legislative Assembly De- partment; Madras.
Sic. 3(ii>) THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 339 2 3 I7. Maharashtra
Shri M. J. Tamane, Under Secretary, Maharashtra Le- gislature Secretariat.
. Shri S. R. Kharabe, Deputy Secretary, Maharashtra, Le- gislature Secretariat.
Deputy Secretary, Mysore . Secretary, Mysore Legislature
8. Mysore' .
Legislature Secretariat.
Secretariat.
Asnistant . Secretary, Orissa Secretary, Orissa Legislative
9, Orissa
Legislative Assembly.
Assembly.
, Secretary, Punjab Vidhan
10. Punjab
Deputy Secretary, Punjab vidhan Sabha Secretariat.
Sabha Secretariat.
. Secretary, Rajasthan Legislative
Deputy Secretary, Rajasthan 11. Rajasthan
Legislative Assembly.
Assembly.
Secretary, Uttar Pradesh Le- . Secretary, Uttar Pradesh State
iz. Uttar Pradesh .
Legislature.
gislative Assembly.
13. Nagdand
. Shri A..S. Arthur, Under Secre- tary, Nagaland Legislative Assembly.
. Ji.i.li.;ial Secretary, Himachal
Under Secretary, (Judicial), 14. Himachal Pradesh
Pradesh Administration.
Himachal Pradesh Adminis- tration.
. Additional District Magistrate
Land Acguisition Officer D.M' 15. Tripura
Office Tripura, Agartala.
and Collector (Revenue), Tripura.
[No. 318/68(2).]
S.O. S38.—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 56 of the Representa- tion of the People Act, 1951, the Election Commission hereby fixes the hours speci- fied In column 2 of the Table below as the hours during which the poll shall, if necessary, be taken at the biennial elections to the Council of States in the corresponding State and Union Territory specified in column 1 of the Table to be held in pursuance of the President's Notification published in the Gazette of India on the 11th March, 1968.
TABLE
Hours of poll
Name of the State/Union Territory
2
1
A s s am ,
. 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
B i h ar
. 11 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
G u j a r at . . . . ,,
, . 11 A.M. TO 2 P.M.
K e r a la
. 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
M a d h ya P r a d e sh . . . ..
. 10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
M a d r aB . . . . ..
. 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
M a h a r a s h t ra . . . . .
. 10 A.M. TO I P.M.
Punjab
. . .. . TO A.M- TO 3..P.M,
3 40 T HE G A Z E T TE OF I N D IA E X T R A O R D I N A RY [PART I I - S E C. S (ii) ] 2 IR a j a s t h an .
10 A.M. TO 4 P.M.
U t t ar P r a d e sh . . ..
. 10-30 A.M. TO 3 - 30 P.M.
N a g a l a nd ,
. 9 A.M. TO 3 P.M.
H i m a c h al P r a d e sh . . ..
II A.M. TO 2 P.M.
. 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON Tripura
[No. 318/68(3).]
By Order,
A. N. SflN, Secy.