Notification regarding publication of voter list programme of Pachayati Raj Institutions 2022

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Haryana Government Gazette

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No. 21–2022]  CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 2022 (JYAISTHA 3, 1944 SAKA)

PART – I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, HARYANA NIRVACHAN SADAN, PLOT NO. 2, SECTOR–17, PANCHKULA, HARYANA–134109

Notification

The 13th May, 2022

No. SEC/3E-II/2022/269.— In accordance with Section 163 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 read with rule 8 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Rules, 1994 and the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, the State Election Commission, Haryana hereby directs to distribute the electors of the respective areas of the State Legislative Assembly constituencies or part thereof prepared and published by the Election Commission of India on 05.01.2022 with reference to 1st January, 2022 as the qualifying date, alongwith supplements if any, in the wards of all Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parisahads in the State of Haryana.

2. The photo based draft voters list of all Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads shall be prepared with the help of National Informatics Centre by converting relevant parts of the electoral rolls of State Legislative Assembly constituencies into the wards. The procedure and schedule is given as under:-

(414)PART-I] HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., MAY 24, 2022 (JYST. 3, 1944 SAKA) 415

3. It may be brought to the notice of all concerned that as per amendment made by the State Government in the Haryana Panchayati Raj Election Rules, 1994 vide Notification No. S.O.73/H.A. 11/1994/S.209/2019, dated 20th September, 2019 only the electors existing in the respective area of the State Legislative Assembly Constituency shall be distributed in the wards of the Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads. It is also clarified that if any person intends to get his/her name included in the voters list of the Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads, he/she shall have to first get his/her name included in the electoral rolls of the respective State Legislative Assembly Constituency; otherwise his/her name shall not be included in the voters list of the Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads.

4. It is further directed that two copies of electoral rolls of the State Legislative Assembly constituencies prepared and published on 05.01.2022 alongwith supplements if any, by the Election Commission of India may be obtained free of cost from the Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar (Elections) concerned. Data base of the Assembly electoral rolls uploaded on the server of NIC, Haryana shall be downloaded by the District Informatics Officer concerned for this purpose.

5. It is further directed that:–

(i) The Deputy Commissioner-cum- District Election Officer (Panchayat) concerned shall give wide publicity to the above programme by getting Munadi done in villages, issue press note/press release and also by issuing paid advertisements in two local newspapers. He shall also make publicity through electronic media.

(ii) The Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) concerned shall publish draft voters list booth wise and ward wise. The voters list of the institutions so prepared as draft voters list shall be published with a notice mentioning therein the dates and place where the claims and objections with reference to the draft voters list may be presented to the District Electoral Officer.

(iii) The relevant portion of the draft voters list so published shall be made available to the following:-

a. Two copies to Gram Sachiv concerned. One for affixing on the notice board of the Gram Sachivalaya and another shall be retained by him/her for the information of general public free of cost for inviting claims and objections.

b. One copy to Tehsildar (Revenue) for information of general public.

c. Two copies to Block Development & Panchayat Officer concerned, one for affixing on the notice board of the office of Block Development and Panchayat Officer and another for the information of general public in his office.

d. Two copies to District Election Officer (Panchayat) concerned, one for affixing on the notice board and another for the information of the general public in his office.

(iv) After publication of booth wise and ward wise draft voters list, the same shall also be hosted on the website of the district administration.

(v) A copy of the draft and the final voters list duly signed by the District Electoral Officer along with database in compact disc shall be kept in a sealed cover in the Treasury within 24 hours from the date of their publication.

(vi) In order to facilitate the voters and the general public to obtain information regarding voter list and to file claims and objections, the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat)416 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., MAY 24, 2022 (JYST. 3, 1944 SAKA) [PART–I concerned shall set up sufficient number of Voters Information and Collection Centres (VICCs) within territorial limits of these Institutions. These Centres shall be fully equipped with computers and broadband internet connection. The Centres will be set up with the help of National Informatics Centre.

(vii) All claims and objections regarding ward wise distribution of voters shall be addressed and presented to the District Electoral Officer in the prescribed Form 1A and 1B or may be sent by registered post to him/her.

(viii) Claim(s) in Form 1A shall be filed by an applicant who intends to get his/her name included or get corrections made in his/her entry or shifting his/her name in other wards in the draft voters list.

(ix) Objections in Form 1B may be filed by an applicant who intends to object inclusion of name(s) or seek deletion of name(s) from the voters list.

(x) Only such person may file claim for inclusion of his/her name in the voters list of the Gram Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zila Parishad as the case may be, whose name appeared in the respective area of the electoral roll of State Legislative Assembly, but do not appear in the draft voters list published under rule 8(4).

(xi) The VICCs shall make available the prescribed forms, on demand free of cost, for filing claims and objections and receive the same for consideration and decision by the District Electoral Officer. These forms shall also be hosted on the website of the district administration which can be downloaded for filing claims and objections.

(xii) As and when any person files a claim or an objection, the official concerned shall give a receipt to him/her in the prescribed format given in the form. An entry shall also be made in the register to this effect accordingly.

(xiii) The Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) shall appoint one authorized officer not below Group-B Officer for maximum up to three wards and sufficient number of supporting staff to assist the District Electoral Officer to discharge his duty.

(xiv) The District Electoral Officer shall, after holding such enquiry into the claims or objections as he/she think(s), fit record his/her decision in writing and shall make available a copy of such decision to the objector or the claimant free of cost. The decision of the District Electoral Officer shall also be hosted on the website for the information of general public. The number of claims/objections accepted or rejected along with the decision of the Appellate Authority shall also be hosted on the website of the district administration under intimation to the Commission in Annexure-B.

(xv) The District Electoral Officer after disposal of all claims and objections shall forward a list of such claims and objections along with his/her orders passed thereon to the Deputy Commissioner-cum- District Election Officer (Panchayat). Any person aggrieved by such order of the District Electoral Officer may, within the prescribed period file an appeal to the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) who shall decide the appeal within the specified period. The decision of the Appellate Authority on appeal shall be final. The voters list so amended shall be final and two copies thereof duly signed by the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) and the District Electoral Officer shall be kept in their offices together with the list of additions and corrections prepared in accordance with the said orders.

(xvi) The Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) shall publish the final voters list on 22.07.2022 which shall come into force from the date of its publication.

(xvii) After completion of every stage of preparation of the voters list process as stated above, the Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer (Panchayat) shall send information to the Commission in the format in Annexure ―C‖.

6. It is further directed that a copy of booth wise and ward wise updated voters list of Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads finally published on 22.07.2022 shall be supplied to the Commission on the same day. In addition, a copy of the finally published voters list alongwith a CD (compact disc) containing the database of the same in PDF format shall be sent to all the political parties in the Haryana State .

7. It is further directed that the final voters list of Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis and Zila Parishads shall be hosted on same day of its publication on the website of the district administration.

DHANPAT SINGH, State Election Commissioner, Haryana.

ANNEXURE–―A‖

वार्ड संख्या __________

(नाम) पंचायती राज संस्था निर्वाचन नामावली, 2022 भाग संख्या __________

* - 2022 को अंतिम प्रकाषित विधान सभा मतदाता सूची का क्र0/भाग नं०

आयु 01/01/2022 के अनुसार संषोधित420 HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., MAY 24, 2022 (JYST. 3, 1944 SAKA) [PART–I

Annexure-―B‖

Information regarding claims and objections

Signature of OfficerPART-I] HARYANA GOVT. GAZ., MAY 24, 2022 (JYST. 3, 1944 SAKA) 421

ANNEXURE-―C‖

Information regarding ward-wise voters

9580—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.