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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

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/2022/549.—Whereas section 13E of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 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.

The limit for election expenditure in Municipal Bodies was last revised on 05.11.2020 and 24.11.2020. 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 clause Article 243 ZA (I) of the Constitution of India, Section

13E (3) of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1973, the Haryana Municipal Election Expenditure (Maintenance and

Submission of Accounts) order, 2020 and all other powers enabling in this behalf, I Dhanpat Singh, State Election

Commissioner, Haryana hereby revise the existing expenditure limit for the contesting candidates of Municipal

Councils and Municipal Committees as under:-

Sr.

No.

Name of Post and Municipality

Existing Election

Expenditure Limit

Revised Election

Expenditure Limit

President, Municipal Council

15,00,000/-

16,00,000/-

Member, Municipal Council

3,30,000/-

3,50,000/-

President, Municipal Committee

10,00,000/-

10,50,000/-

Member, Municipal Committee

2,25,000/-

2,50,000/-

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

Municipal Councils or Municipal Committees, as the case may be, shall be maintained and submitted to the Deputy

Commissioner concerned within 30 days from the date of declaration of the 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 provisions contained in the Haryana Municipal Election Expenditure (Maintenance

and submission of Accounts) order, 2020.

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

Municipal Councils or Municipal Committees, as the case may be, within the prescribed time limit, the Commission

by order published in the official Gazette shall declare him/her to be disqualified and such person may be disqualified

for a period of five years from the date of the order.

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 result, both dates inclusive. The total expenditure shall not

exceed the limit as prescribed above.

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.

Any violation by the contesting candidate or his/her 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.

Earlier Notifications No.SEC/3ME/2020/1642, dated 05.11.2020 and No. SEC/3ME/2020/2124, dated

24.11.2020 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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