The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (iii)
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2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(>ii)J nal Congress (I) and was not functioning in the State;ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 4th May, 1984
ON 30(E):—Whereas the Sikkim Janata Parishad (herein after referred to as Parishad) is a tecogniser State Party in Sikkim State and election symbol 'Horse' has been exclusively reserved for it in that State, vide Commission's notification No. 56)79(1), dated the 19th November, 1979;
And whereas, the Comission has been inti- mated that the said Parishad has merged into the Indian National Congress from 14th July, 1981, and has thus ceased to function as a separate State Party;
And whereas, the Chief Electoral Oflicer also informed the Commission that on the basis of the information available with the Election Depart- ment, the Parishad had merged into Indian Natio- And whereas, the documents made available to the Commission by the Indian National Congress established sufficient proof of such merger;
And whereas, the Election Commission, on the basis of the records available and the information furnished by the Chief Electoral Officer. Sikkim, as stated above, is satisfied that the Parishad has merged into Indian National Congress and thus ceased to function as a separate political party and that its name should be deleted from the list of recognised State Parties so as to bring the said list upto date as required by sub-para (2) of para 17H of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968; and
Now, therefore, in pursuance of clause (b) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 17 of the said symbols Order, the Election Commission hereby makes the following amendment in its notification No. 56J82, dated the 8th April, 1982, published as O.N.29(E), in the Gazette of India, Extraordi- nary.part II, Section 3(iii), dated the 12th April, 1982, and as subsequently amended from time to time, namely;—
Li Table 2 appended to the above notification, against the item 'Sikkim', (a) the entry relating to 'a. Sikkim Janata Parishad . . .. Horse" shall be deleted; and (b) the figure " 3" appearing be- fore the entry 'Sikkim Parjatantra Congress' shall be renumbered as "2".
[No. 56|82-XVTJ By order, R. P. BHALLA, Secy.