Gazette of DNH And DD, No. 135, 10 October 2025

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भारत सरकार / Government of India

सरकारी राजपत्र OFFICIAL GAZETTE

संघ प्रदेश दादरा एवं नगर हवेली तथा दमण एवं दीव प्रशासन U.T. ADMINISTRATION OF DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND

DAMAN AND DIU

असाधारण

EXTRAORDINARY

प्राधधकरण द्वारा प्रकाधशत / PUBLISHED BY AUHTORITY

Daman 10th October, 2025 18 Asvina, 1947 (Saka) No. : 135

UT Administration of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu

Office of the Joint Director (PE & ME), Collectorate,

Daman

No.18/2025/DIR(PE&ME)/SYMBOL/83 Dated: 10/10/2025

Subject: Symbol Order - reg

7-2/EC/DNHⅅ/2025 dated 10.10.2025 received from the Secretary to Election Commissioner for UTs, New Delhi is hereby published in the Official Gazette of the U.T. of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu for kind information.

Sd/– (Ashish Mohan) Joint Director (PE & ME) UT of DNH & DD DamanEXTRAORDINARY No. 135 THE GAZETTE OF DNH & DD Page 2 ELECTION COMMISSION Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, F-Block, M.S. Apartments, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi – 110 001 ***

No. 7-2/EC/DNHⅅ/2025/ Dated the 10th October, 2025

ORDER

Whereas, the superintendence, direction and control of the preparation of electoral rolls for, and the conduct of all elections to, Panchayats and Municipal Councils in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is vested in the Election Commission referred to in Section 99 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayat Regulation, 2012 and Section 5 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Municipal Council Regulation 2004;

And whereas, it is necessary and expedient to provide, in the interest of purity of elections to Panchayats and Municipal Councils and also in the interest of the conduct of such elections in a fair and efficient manner, the specifications, reservation, choice and allotment of symbols, for the recognition of political parties in relation thereto and for matters connected therewith;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 99 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayat Regulation, 2012 and Section 5(1) of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Municipal Council Regulation, 2004, read with Rule 28 and 33 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayats (Election Procedure) Rules 2023 and Rule 28 and 33 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Municipal Councils (Election) Rules, 2025, and all other powers enabling it in this behalf, the Election Commission, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, hereby makes the following Order:

1. Short title, extent, application and commencement:

(1) This Order may be called the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayats and Municipal Councils Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 2025.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu and applies to all elections to Panchayats and Municipal Councils.

(3) It shall come into force with immediate effect.

2. Definitions and interpretation

In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires,

(a) "Commission" means the Election Commission referred to in Section 99 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayat Regulation, 2012 and Section 5 of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Municipal Council Regulation, 2004.

(b) "Council" means a Municipal Council constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Municipal Council Regulation 2004.

(c) "Ward" means a ward of a Panchayat or of a Municipal Council, as the case may be.

(d) "National Party" means a party recognized by the Election Commission of India as such, in relation to elections to a District Panchayat or a Municipal Council, as the case may be.

(e) "State Party" means a party, if any, recognized by the Election Commission of India as such in UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, in relation to elections to a District Panchayat or a Municipal Council, as the case may be.

3. Recognition of National parties and State parties and reservation of symbols for political

parties:

(a) Political parties recognized by the Election Commission of India as National parties under the Election symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968 are hereby recognized as such by the Commission for the purpose of elections to District Panchayats and Municipal Councils in the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

(b) Political parties, if any, recognized by the Election Commission of India as State parties under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order: 1968 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu are hereby recognized as such by the Commission for the purpose of elections to District Panchayats and Municipal Councils in the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

(c) The National parties and the State parties so recognized by the Commission shall have the very same symbols reserved respectively for them as are reserved for them by the Election Commission of India and the facsimile of those symbols, including their size and design, shall be the same as approved by the Election Commission of India.

(d) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-paragraph (c), the Commission may, from time to time, specify any other symbol as "free symbol" from out of the list of free symbols specified by the Election Commission of India, and the facsimile of such symbol, including its size and design, shall be the same as approved by the Election Commission of India.

4. Allotment of symbols to contesting candidates:

In every contested election of a Panchayat or a Municipal Council, as the case may be, a symbol shall be allotted to a contesting candidate in accordance with the provisions of this Order andEXTRAORDINARY No. 135 THE GAZETTE OF DNH & DD Page 4 different symbols shall be allotted to different contesting candidates at an election in the same ward.

5. Choice of symbols by candidates of National parties and State parties:

(a) A candidate set up by a National Party or a State Party for election in any ward of a District Panchayat or a Municipal Council, shall choose, and shall be allotted the symbol reserved for that party, and no other symbol.

(b) A reserved symbol shall not be chosen by, or allotted to any candidate in any ward of a District Panchayat or a Municipal Council, other than the candidate set up by a National Party or a State Party for whom such symbol has been reserved, even if no candidate has been set up by such National or State Party in that ward.

6. Choice of symbols by other candidates and allotment thereof

(a) Any candidate at an election in a ward, other than a candidate set up by a National Party or a State Party, shall choose and shall be allotted, in accordance with the provisions herein set out, one of the symbols specified as free symbols.

(b) Where a free symbol has been chosen by only one candidate in a Ward, the Returning Officer shall allot that symbol to that candidate, and to no one else in that Ward.

(c) Where the same free symbol has been chosen by more than one candidate in a Ward, the Returning Officer shall decide, by draw of lots, to which of those independent candidates that free symbol shall be allotted and allot that free symbol to the candidate on whom the lot falls, and to no one else. The other candidates, who lost out in the draw of lots, shall be allotted symbols according to their second or third preferences, if such symbols are not already allotted to some other candidates.

(d) If the symbols indicated as the second or third preference have already been allotted to some other candidates, each one of the candidates referred to in sub-paragraph (c) shall be allotted one of the free symbols not allotted to any other candidate after obtaining their preferences.

(e) The lists of 'National Parties', 'State Parties' and 'Free Symbols' are specified in Table-1, Table-2, and Table-3 respectively, appended to this Order.

7. When candidate shall be deemed to be set up by a National party or State party for the

purposes of this Order:

A candidate shall be deemed to be set up by a National Party or a State Party, if and only if:

(a) the candidate has made a declaration to that effect in his nomination paper;

(b) a notice in writing (as in Form - B appended to this Order) to that effect has, not later than 3.00 PM. on the last date for making nominations, been delivered to the Returning Officer of the concerned ward or to the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections;

(c) the said notice is signed by the President, Secretary or any other office bearer of the party duly authorised to send such notice, and

(d) the name and specimen signature of such authorised person are communicated (as in Form- A appended to this Order) to the Returning Officer of the concerned ward or to the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections, not later than 3.00 PM on the last date for making nominations;

8. Concessions to candidates set up by a State party recognised in States/UTs other than the

UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu:

If a political party, which is recognized as a State Party by the Election Commission of India in some State/s, but not in the UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, sets up a candidate at an election in any ward, then such candidates may, to the exclusion of all other candidates in the ward, be allotted the symbol reserved for that party in the State or States in which it is recognized as a State Party, notwithstanding that such symbol is not specified in the list of free symbols in Table-3, on fulfillment of each of the following conditions, namely:

(a) That an application is made to the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections by the said party for exclusive allotment of that symbol to the candidate set up by it, not later than the third day after the publication in the Official Gazette of the notification calling the election;

(b) That the said candidate has made a declaration in his nomination paper that he has been set up by that party and that the said political party has also fulfilled the requirements of clauses (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 7 in respect of such candidate; and

(c) That in the opinion of the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections, there is no reasonable ground for refusing the application for such allotment.

9. Power of the Commission to issue instructions and directions

The Commission may issue instructions and/or directions:

(a) for clarification, if any, with respect to the provisions of this order; and

(b) for removal of any difficulty which may arise in relation to implementation of any provision of this Order.

Sd/–

(Sudhanshu Pandey)

Election Commissioner

Form A

(To be delivered to the Returning Officer or the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections, not later than 3.00 PM on the last date for making nominations)

To

1. The Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections,

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Moti Daman OR

2. The Returning Officer

Ward No and Name ……………………………….…………………… District Panchayat/Municipal Council, ……………………………….

Sub: General/Bye election(s) to ……………………………….District Panchayat/ Municipal Council - authorized person(s) to intimate name(s) of candidate(s)

Sir

In pursuance of paragraph 7 (c) and (d) of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayats and Municipal Councils Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment ) Order 2025, I hereby communicate that the following person(s) has/ have been authorized by the political party, which is a National party/State party, to intimate the names of the candidate(s) proposed to be set up by the party at the forthcoming election(s):

The specimen signature (s) of the above mentioned person(s) so authorized are given below:

1) Specimen Signature of Smt/Shri………………………………… (i)

(ii)

(iii)

2) Specimen Signature of Smt/Shri………………………………… (i)

(ii)

(iii)

3) Specimen Signature of Smt/Shri………………………………… (i)

(ii)

(iii)

Place:………………… Yours faithfully, Date :__/___/2025

(Seal of the party)

President/Secretary Name of political party …………….……………………....

Form B

(To be delivered to the Returning Officer or the Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections, not later than 3.00 PM on the last date for making nominations)

Notice as to name of candidate set up by National parties/State parties

To

1. The Director of Panchayat and Municipal Elections,

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Moti Daman OR

2. The Returning Officer

Ward No and Name ……………………………….…………………… District Panchayat/Municipal Council, ……………………………….

Sub : General/Bye election(s) to …………………….. - Setting up of Candidate(s)

Sir

In pursuance of paragraph 7(b) of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Panchayats and Municipal Councils Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment ) order 2025, I hereby give notice that the following person(s) has/have been set up by the ……………………………………..

Party , which is National party/ State party, as its candidate(s) in the ensuring general/ bye-election(s) from the ward noted against each:

Place:…………… Yours faithfully, Date :__/___/2025

(Seal of the party)

President / Secretary Name of Political party ………..…………………….

TABLE-1

NATIONAL PARTIES

TABLE-2

LIST OF STATE PARTIES

NIL

Sd/–

(Sudhanshu Pandey)

Election Commissioner

TABLE-3

LIST OF FREE SYMBOLS

Sd/–

(Sudhanshu Pandey)

Election Commissioner

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