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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

© Government of Haryana

No. 13-2022] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 2022 (CHAITRA 8, 1944 SAKA)

PART-I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, HARYANA

NIRVACHAN SADAN, SECTOR- 17, PANCHKULA, HARYANA – 134109

Notification

The 21st March, 2022

No. SEC/3ME/2022/509.— Whereas section 8B the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994 provides that

every candidate at an election shall, either himself or by his/her election agent, keep a separate and correct account of

all expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorized by him or by his election agent from the date of

filing of nomination papers to the date of declaration of the result thereof, both dates inclusive. The account shall

contain such particulars, as may be notified by the State Election Commission in this behalf. The total of the said

expenditure shall not exceed such amount as may be notified by the State Election Commission from time to time.

2.

The limit for election expenditure in Municipal Corporation was last revised on 5.11.2020. Now therefore,

keeping in view inflation and other factors, it has become necessary to revise the order of expenditure limit.

Therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 243 ZA (i) of the Constitution of India, Section 8B (3) of

the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994, the Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Expenditure

(Maintenance and Submission of Accounts) order, 2018 and all other powers enabling in this behalf, I Dhanpat Singh,

State Election Commissioner, Haryana hereby revise the existing election expenditure limit for contesting candidates

of Municipal Corporation as under:-

Sr.

No.

Name of Post

Existing Election Expenditure

Limit

Revised Election Expenditure

Limit

1.

Mayor

22,00,000/-

25,00,000/-

2.

Member

5,50,000/-

6,00,000/-

3.

It is further directed that the accounts of expenditure to be incurred by the contesting candidates in the

Municipal Corporation shall be maintained and submitted to the Deputy Commissioner concerned within 30 days

from the date of declaration of election result in the Performa prescribed for the purpose. The Deputy Commissioner

or an officer authorized by the State Election Commission in turn shall send report to the Commission as per

provision contained in the Haryana Municipal Corporation Election Expenditure (Maintenance and submission of

Accounts) order, 2018.

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4.

It is further directed that if a candidate fails to submit accounts of expenditure incurred by him/her for election

to Municipal Corporation within the prescribed time limit, the Commission by order published in the official Gazette

shall declare him/her to be disqualified and such person be disqualified for a period of five years from the date of the

order.

5.

Every contesting candidate shall either himself/herself or by his/her authorised election agent will have to

keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure in connection with the election between the dates he/she has

filed his/her nomination papers to the date of declaration of the result, both inclusive. The total expenditure shall not

exceed the limit as prescribed above.

6.

No particular party or any other association, body or individual shall put up any cut-outs, hoardings, wall

paintings, buntings, arches, gates, banners, flags, advertisements in newspapers etc. without the general or special

authority in writing of the candidates whose election is sought to be promoted or procured by such cut-outs, hoardings

etc., as expenditure on all such items shall be treated as the legitimate expenditure incurred by the contesting

candidate. No contesting candidate or any individual on his behalf shall put up any cut-outs, hoardings etc. without

prior permission of the concerned Government authority. Provisions contained in Prohibition of Defacement of

Public Property Act, 1984 shall be strictly complied by all the contesting candidates/Parties, associations, body or any

individual supporting contesting candidates.

7.

Any violation by the contesting candidate or his authorised agent/individual to incur any expenditure in excess

of the limit mentioned above will be viewed seriously by the State Election Commission and stringent action shall be

taken against him/her.

8.

Earlier Notification No. SEC/3ME.2020/1756, dated 05.11.2020 issued in this respect are hereby superseded

with immediate effect.

Panchkula:

DHANPAT SINGH,

The 7th March, 2022.

State Election Commissioner, Haryana.

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