THE TELANGANA GAZETTE

PART-VII EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No.30 ]

HYDERABAD, MONDAY, MAY 21, 2018.

NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF

PANCHAYAT RAJ

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TELANGANA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION

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R.N.I. No. TELMUL/2016/73158.

[Price :`. 10-00.

HSE No.1051/2017-19.

ELECTIONS TO RURAL LOCAL BODIES - ELECTION EXPENDITURE - SPECIFICS AND FORMATS

FOR MAINTAINING OF ELECTION EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS BY THE CONTESTING

CANDIDATES.

No.178/ TSEC-L/2018.– Section 237 of Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 stipulates that every contesting

candidate at an election held under Telangana Panchayat Raj Act shall, either by himself or by his election agent,

keep a separate and correct account of all expenditure incurred in connection with election between the date on

which the candidate concerned has been nominated and the date of declaration of results of the election both days

inclusive.

Sub-section (2) of section 237 stipulates that the account of election expenditure shall contain such particulars

as may, by order be specified by the State Election Commission.

A review of the accounts submitted by contested candidates over the years and the scrutiny of the same by

the SEC revealed that the proformae specified earlier are neither easy for the filers nor are they amenable for

effective scrutiny by the SEC. Hence, in exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (2) of section 237 of

the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, the State Election Commission, hereby, notifies the specifics and the formats

according to which the election expenditure accounts shall be maintained in the elections to Panchayat Raj Bodies as

follows-

Accounts to be in the proforma specified:- The Accounts of Election Expenditure shall be

maintained in a register format consisting of:

Cover page in Proforma - I depicting the details of election, name of the contesting candidate and

total expenditure incurred etc.

II.

Index page in Proforma - II showing the day wise election expenditure abstract.

III.

Main pages in Proforma - III containing the day to day account of election expenditure of the

contesting candidates.

IV.

Acknowledgment in Proforma - IV to serve as a record of submission with the candidate as well

as the office of the Authorized Officer.

TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY

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Hyderabad,

18-05-2018.

M. ASHOK KUMAR,

Secretary.

The proformas for maintaining register for account of election expenditure by the contesting candidates are

appended to this Notification.

The ‘day-to-day’ true account of election expenditure incurred by contesting candidate or his

Election Agent and also by his supprters, any political party, or body or association or other

individuals supporting the candidature or for furthering chances of the candidate in the election

shall be recorded in the main pages as in Proforma III.

The day to day expenditure account so maintained in proforma III shall be supported by proper

vouchers failing which it will not be treated as true account of election expenditure as required

under the law, save in cases where it is not possible to obtain vouchers.

Each of the supporting vouchers, enclosed with the account of election expenditure, shall bear

the signature in full of the contesting candidate or his election agent.

The candidate or his authorized agent shall prepare an index/contents of the expenditure periodically

during the campaign period in the proforma II enclosed to this Order and the same shall be duly

signed by the candidate or his election agent certifying its correctness and shall be submitted to

the designated authorities for inspection and scrutiny.

The original acknowledgement should be issued to the candidate on submission of the accounts.

A copy of it shall be retained in the office of the receiving officer for the record purpose.

The State Election Commission directs that for concurrent monitoring, the “day to day basis” true

account of expenditure in Proforma-III should be submitted every day to the MPDOs concerned

by the candidate/election agent personally or through a messenger/post. The MPDO shall see

that these day to day accounts of expenditure submitted are published and to make them available

to anybody who intends to verify them.

The final of return of election expenditure in the proformae – I, II, III, & IV attached to this

Notification shall be submitted by the contesting candidates to the MPDO within 45 days from

the date of declaration of the results of the Office for which they had contested.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSIONER)