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PANCHAYAT RAJ AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT

( PTS.III )

PANCHAYAT RAJ (PREPARATION AND PUBLICATION OF

ELECTORAL ROLLS) RULES, 2018.

[G.O. Ms.No.26, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development (PTS.III),

19th May, 2018.]

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (i) sub-section (2) of Section

286, read with Section 11, sub-section (2) of Section 145 and sub-section (2)

of Section 174, of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 (Act No.5 of

2018), the Governor of Telangana, hereby, makes the following Rules relating

to preparation and publication of electoral rolls under the said Act, for a

Gram Panchayat, Mandal Praja Parishad and Zilla Praja Parishad, or any

portion thereof.

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HYDERABAD, TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2018.

NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION

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R U L E S

1. Short Title : These rules may be called the Telangana Panchayat Raj

(Preparation and Publication of Electoral Rolls) Rules, 2018.

Preparation of Gram Panchayat electoral roll : (1) The electoral

roll of a Gram Panchayat, hereinafter referred to as “the electoral roll”, shall

be such part of the current electoral roll of the Telangana Legislative

Assembly Constituency, prepared and published under the Representation of

the People Act, 1950 (Central Act 43 of 1950), as relates to the village,

which shall be prepared by the District Panchayat Officer, taking into account

the various amendments issued to the said electoral roll of the Assembly

Constituency, from time to time, as they relate to the village, upto the date of

election notification.

(2) There shall be a separate electoral roll for each Gram Panchayat.

Electoral roll for election to the office of Sarpanch: For the purpose

of election of Member and Sarpanch of Gram Panchayat, the roll prepared

under Rule 2 shall be the electoral roll.

Form and language of the roll : (1) The roll shall be prepared in the

format specified by the State Election Commission, by order.

(2) The roll shall be prepared in such language or languages in which

the roll of the Telangana Legislative Assembly Constituency, within which

the Gram Panchayat is situated, is prepared.

5. Publication of copies of rolls : (1) As soon as the roll is prepared in

accordance with these rules, the District Panchayat Officer shall, make

arrangements to print or copy or cyclostyle or write in manuscript as many

copies of the roll as may be directed by the State Election Commission, from

time to time. He shall publish the same for inspection by general public:

(a) on the notice board kept in the office of the District

Panchayat Officer.

(b) on the notice board kept in the office of the Mandal Praja

Parishad.

Panchayat.

(d) at three conspicuous places in the concerned village; and

(e) on the web portal of the Gram Panchayat, if any.

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(f) the published copies of the electoral rolls are to be supplied

on free of cost to the recognized political parties and also

to the registered political parties having reserved symbol

by obtaining acknowledgements from them. For others,

copies may be given on payment of actual cost of making

copies of the rolls.

(2) The electoral roll published under sub-rule (1) shall indicate the

ward division made under sub-section (4) of Section 11 or as the case may

be, under Section 12, of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 (Act 5 of

2018), hereinafter in these rules referred to as “the Act”.

(3) Upon such publication under this rule, the roll shall be the electoral

roll of the Gram Panchayat and shall remain in force till a fresh electoral roll

is prepared and published.

Procedure for lodging claims and objections : All omissions of

names in any part of the roll or objections to any entry in the roll, at any point

of time after its publication under Rule 5, shall be settled only after a suitable

amendment to the relevant entry in the electoral roll of the Legislative

Assembly Constituency, based on which the Gram Panchayat roll was

prepared. Anybody wishing to prefer a claim for inclusion or deletion of any

name in the roll or any objection in respect of any entry in the roll so published,

shall submit a proper claim or objection under the provisions of the Registration

of Electors Rules, 1960 made under the representation of the People Act,

1950 (Central Act 43 of 1950), to the Electoral Registration Officer of the

concerned Legislative Assembly Constituency. Subject to the provisions of

Section 11 of the Act, and based on the orders of the Electoral Registration

Officer of the Assembly Constituency on such claims and objections, the

District Panchayat Officer shall incorporate all such amendments made upto

the date of the notification issued by the State Election Commission under

Sub section (2) of Section 198 of Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 into

the Gram Panchayat electoral rolls. In case of any clerical or printing error

or both, or when the entries deviate from the particulars of the Assembly

Electoral roll, the District Panchayat Officer may cause such errors rectified,

so as to bring it in conformity with the particulars of the Assembly Electoral

roll concerned. However, the District Panchayat Officer shall not resort to

suo motu revision of the rolls by way of deletions or additions or modifications.

Electoral roll of a Mandal Praja Parishad : (1) For purposes of

preparation and publication of electoral roll for the election to the office of

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members of Mandal Praja Parishad, the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 of

the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(2) The Electoral roll for the Gram Panchayat prepared and published

under Rule 2 shall be arranged Territorial Constituency-wise of the Mandal

Praja Parishad by the Mandal Parishad Development Officer and it shall be

divided into convenient parts which shall be numbered conveniently. The part

of the electoral roll shall be arranged Gram Panchayat - wise in alphabetical

order for each Mandal Praja Parishad Terrritorial Constituency for the purpose

of conducting elections of Mandal Parishad Territorial Constituency.

(3) A copy of such electoral roll in respect of each Territorial

Constituency of Mandal Praja Parishad shall be kept open for inspection by

displaying it in the office of the Mandal Praja Parishad concerned by the

Mandal Parishad Development Officer.

8. Electoral roll of a Zilla Praja Parishad : (1) For purposes of preparation

and publication of electoral roll for the election of member of Zilla Praja

Parishad, the provisions of Sections 11 and 12 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(2) The electoral roll for the Gram Panchayat prepared and published

under Rule 2 shall be arranged for each Mandal Praja Parishad which is a

Territorial Constituency of the Zilla Praja Parishad by the Chief Executive

Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad concerned, and it shall be divided into convenient

parts which shall be numbered conveniently. The part of the electoral roll

shall be arranged Gram Panchayat-wise in alphabetical order for each Zilla

Praja Parishad Territorial Constituency, for the purpose of conducting elections

of Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituency.

(3) A copy of such electoral roll in respect of each Territorial

Constituency of Zilla Praja Parishad shall be kept open for inspection by

displaying it in the office of the Mandal Praja Parishad and Zilla Praja Parishad

concerned by the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Praja Parishad.

VIKAS RAJ,

Principal Secretary to Government (FAC).

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Printed and Published by the Commissioner of Printing, Government of Telangana at

Government Central Press, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad.

FORM - I

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF ELECTORAL ROLL

(See rule 5)

Date: ___________

Notice is hereby given that, the electoral roll of the ___________ Gram

Panchayat in _______________ Mandal has been prepared in accordance

with the Telangana Panchayat Raj (Preparation and Publication of Electoral

Rolls) Rules, 2018 by adopting the existing entries in the relevant part of the

Electoral Roll for Legislative Assembly Constituency prepared under the

Representation of the People Act, 1950. The same is kept open for inspection

at my office and at the office of the Gram Panchayat.

Any person who wishes to lodge any claim for including his/her name in

the roll or any objection to the inclusion of a name or any objection to the

particulars of any entry in the said roll, shall first get such claim of objection

settled with reference to the corresponding entry in the Electoral Roll of the

Assembly Constituency by lodging suitable claim of objection under the pro-

visions of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 (Central Act 43 of

1950) and the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 made thereunder, before

the Electoral Registration Officer of the said Assembly Constituency.

All orders of inclusion, deletion or corrections issued on the basis of

these claims and objections by the said Electoral Registration Officer till the

date of the notification issued by the State Election Commission under sub-

section (2) of Section 198 of the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018, will be

duly incorporated in the electoral Roll of the Gram Panchayat.

District Panchayat Officer

_____________ District.