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Haryana Government Gazette

Published by Authority

No. 52–2024]

CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2024 (PAUSA 3, 1946 SAKA)

PART-I

Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, HARYANA

NIRVACHAN SADAN, PLOT NO. 2, SECTOR- 17, PANCHKULA – 134109

Notification

The 18th December, 2024

No. SEC/3ME/2024/1935.— 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.

The limit for election expenditure in Municipal Corporation was last revised on 21.03.2022. 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

Mayor

25,00,000/-

30,00,000/-

Member

6,00,000/-

7,50,000/-

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

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

Accounts) order, 2018.

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.

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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 The Prohibition of Defacement of

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

or any individual supporting contesting candidates.

Any violation by a 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 as per applicable rules i.e. 8B, 8E and 8G of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act,

1994 which are reproduced here as under:-

8B. Disqualified for failure to keep account of election expenses and maximum thereof.- (1) Every

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

expenditure in connection with the election incurred or authorised by him or by his election agent from the

date of filling nomination papers to the date of declaration of the result thereof, both dates inclusive.

(2)

The account shall contain such particulars, as may be notified by the State Election Commission in this

behalf,

(3)

The total of the said expenditure shall not exceed such amount as may be notified by the State Election

Commission from time to time.

8E. Disqualified for failure to lodge account of election expenses- If the State Election Commission is

satisfied that a person has failed to lodge an account of election expenses within the time and manner, as

prescribed by the State Election Commission shall, by order published in the Official Gazette, declare him to

be disqualified for contesting an election for a period of five years from the date of the order under this Act.

8G. Lodging of account with the Deputy Commissioner- Every contesting candidate or his election agent

shall, lodge account of election expenditure within thirty days from the date of declaration of election result

with the Deputy Commissioner or an officer authorized by the State Election Commission.

The Deputy Commissioner or such officer shall, send a list of those candidates who contested but fail to

lodge the account of election expenditure or made expenditure beyond the limit prescribed by the State

Election Commission immediately after the completion of a period of thirty days from the declaration of

election result. The State Election Commission shall accordingly pass an order of their disqualification under

section 8E.

Earlier Notification No. SEC/3ME/2022/509, dated 21.03.2022 issued in this respect is hereby superseded

with immediate effect.

Panchkula:

DHANPAT SINGH,

The 17th December, 2024.

State Election Commissioner, Haryana.

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