THE TELANGANA GAZETTETHE TELANGANA GAZETTETHE TELANGANA GAZETTETHE TELANGANA GAZETTETHE TELANGANA GAZETTE PART-V EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 19 ] HYDERABAD, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 2019.
STATUTORY NOTIFICATIONS OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF
INDIA AND OTHER ELECTION NOTIFICATIONS
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NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, TELANGANA
BIENNIAL ELECTION TO TELANGANA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL FROM MEDAK - NIZAMABAD- ADILABAD-KARIMNAGAR GRADUATES', MEDAK - NIZAMABAD- ADILABAD-KARIMNAGAR TEACHERS' AND WARANGAL - KHAMMAM-NALGONDA TEACHERS' CONSTITUENCIES - COMMISSION'S ORDER REGARDING IDENTIFICATION OF ELECTORS.
[Memo. No. 1824/Elec. D/2019-59, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana ,
Dated 20th March, 2019.]
The following Order of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110 001, dated: 20th March, 2019 is published:-
ORDER
No. 3/4/ID//2019/SDR(Council) .– Whereas, the Election Commission has been following the policy of compulsory identification of electors by means of specified identification documents at elections to the House of the people and Legislative Assemblies from the year 2000 onwards, so as to prevent impersonation at elections thereby making the right of genuine electors to vote under section 62 of the Representation of the people Act, 1951 more effective; and
Whereas, keeping in view the provisions of Rules 35(3) and 37(2) (b) of the Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961, the Commission has been issuing directions that the electors at election to House of the people and Legislative Assemblies shall produce their Electors Photo Identity Card or other specified documents at the polling station and failure or refusal on their part to produce those Electors Photo Identity Card or documents may result in the denial of supply of a ballot paper to them and permission to vote; and
Whereas, the said provisions regarding identification of electors and safeguards against impersonation are equally applicable at elections from Graduates' and Teachers' Constituencies, and as the electors in these constituencies 2 TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY [Part-V are also electors in assembly constituencies, they would have been supplied with Electors Photo Identity Card as electors in their respective Assembly constituencies;
Now, therefore, after taking into account all relevant factors and the legal and factual position, the Election Commission, hereby directs that all electors at the current biennial/bye elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from East-West Godavari Graduates', Krishna-Guntur Graduates' Constituency & Srikakulam-Vizianagaram- Visakhapatnam Teachers' Constituency and current biennial/bye elections to Telangana Legislative Council from Medak - Nizamabad- Adilabad-Karimnagar Graduates', Constituency Medak - Nizamabad- Adilabad-Karimnagar Teachers' Constituency and Warangal - Kammam-Nalgonda Teachers' Constituency who have been issued with their EPICs' shall have to produce these cards to exercise their franchise, when they come to the polling stations for voting at the current biennial/bye elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and Telangana Legislative Council from the said constituencies, notified on 25th February, 2019 (Monday). However, those electors, who are not able to produce their EPICs' will have to produce any of the following alternative documents for establishing their identity:-
i. Passport, ii. Driving License, iii. PAN Card, iv. Service Identity Card issued by the educational Institutions in which the electors of the concerned Teachers'/ Graduates' Constituency may be employed. v. Certificate of degree/Diploma issued by University, in original, vi. Certificate of physical handicap issued by competent Authority, in original, vii. Service identity card issued to its employees by state/Central government, Public Sector Undertakings, Local bodies or other Private Industrial Houses.
viii. Aadaar Card, ix. Official identity Cards issued to MPs./MLAs/MLCs.
By order,
N.T. BHUTIA,
Secretary,
Election Commission of Inda.
Dr. RAJAT KUMAR,
Chief Electoral Officer &
E.O. Principal Secretary to Government.
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