THE TELANGANA GAZETTE PART - V EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 31 ] HYDERABAD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2024.
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
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT
(ELECTIONS)
BYE ELECTION TO THE TELANGANA LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS FROM WARANGAL-KHAMMAM- NALGONDA GRADUATES' CONSTITUENCY - POLL FOR WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BE TAKEN ON 27TH MAY, 2024 - ELECTION COMMISSION'S ORDER REGARDING IDENTIFICATION OF ELECTORS.
[Memo No.11759 Elecs.B/2023-25, Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Telangana, General Administration
(ELECTIONS) Department, Dated: 07th May, 2024.]
The following Order of the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001, Dated: 04th May, 2024 is published.
ORDER
No.3/4/ID/2024/SDR(Councils),- 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
2 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 2 TELANGANA GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY [Part-V 4 Now, therefore, after taking into account all relevant factors and the legal and factual position, the Election Commission hereby directs that all the electors at the current bye election to the Telangana Legislative Councils from Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates' 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 woting at the current bye election to the Telangana Legislative Council from Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda Graduates' Constituency, notified on 2nd May, 2024(Thursday). 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. Aadaar Card,
ii. Driving Licence,
iii. PAN Card,
iv. Indian Passport
v. Service Identity card issued to its employees by State/Central Government, Public Sector Undertakings, Local Bodies or other Private Industrial Houses.
vi. Official identity Cards issued to MPs/MLAs/MLCs.
vii. Service Identity Card issued by the educational Institutions in which the electors of the concerned Teachers' Graduates' Constituency may be empolyed.
viii. Certificate of degree/Diploma issued by University, in original,
ix. Certificate of physical handicap issued by competent Authority, in original, x. Unique Disability ID (UDID) Card, M/o Social Justice & Empowerment, Governement of India.
By Order,
S.B. JOSHI,
Principal Secretary,
Election Commission of India.
VIKAS RAJ, Chief Electoral Officer &