THE TELANGANA GAZETTE
PART-VII EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 54 ] HYDERABAD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018.
NOTIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF
PANCHAYAT RAJ
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TELANGANA STATE ELECTION COMMISSION
AMENDMENTS TO THE REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND ALLOTMENT OF SYMBOLS ORDER, 2018.
No.214/TSEC-L/2018.– In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 243-K read with Article 243-ZA of the Constitution of India, the State Election Commissioner, hereby makes the following amendments to the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbol Order, 2018 namely:-
Short title and commencement :-
(i) This notification may be called the Registration of Political Parties and Allotment of Symbols (Amendment) Order, 2018.
(ii) It shall come into force with immediate effect.
Amendment in Part-III of the Symbols Order :-
Under the sub paragraph 2 of paragraph 6, the following three provisos shall be added namely,- Provided that, the Symbol is not reserved by ECI to any other recognised State Party in this State or Recognised State Party in other States which is registered with TSEC, with the same Symbol.
In such case, where the Symbol reserved by ECI to a "Recognised State Party in other States" is
already reserved to a "Recognised State Party in this State" or another "Recognised State Party in other
State and registered with TSEC, a free symbol chosen by that Party at the time of its Registration with
TSEC shall be allotted to the candidates set up by that Party and no other Symbol.
In such case, where more than one Recognised State Parties in different States having the same
Symbol allotted to them in their respective States by ECI and that Symbol is not allotted to any recognised
Party in this State, the Political Party which approaches the Telangana State Election Commission first,
for registration, shall be allotted that symbol by TSEC and notified in the symbol Notification. The
balance of such parties approaching later for registration with TSEC, the available free symbols chosen
by those Parties are allotted by TSEC and notified in its Symbol Notification.
Hyderabad, 16-10-2018.
V. NAGI REDDY, State Election Commissioner. Printed and Published by the Commissioner of Printing, Government of Telangana at Government Central Press, Chanchalguda, Hyderabad.