Panaji, 23rd March, 2018 (Chaitra 2, 1940) SERIES II No. 51 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
No. 2
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Elections
Goa State Election Commission
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Order
No. 4/15/EMC/PS/2017-SEC/260
Sub.: Deposit for Nominations.
Whereas, the Elections to Ponda Municipal Council in Ponda Taluka and Sanquelim Municipal Council in Bicholim Taluka in the State of Goa has been declared vide Notification No. 4/15/EMC/PS/2017-SEC/ /101 dated 29th January, 2018 and Notification No. 4/15/EMC/PS/2017-SEC/156 dated 13-02-2018 respectively.
And whereas, under Article 243ZA of the Constitution of India, the State Election Commission is seized with the conduct of the said elections.
Now, therefore, the State Election Commission in exercise of the powers conferred upon it under Article 243ZA of the Constitution of India read with Section 10A of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968 hereby issues the following clarification in respect of Rule 14 of the Goa Municipalities (Election) Rules, 1969.
As per Rule 14 of the Goa Municipalities (Election) Rules, 1969, the amount of deposit to be made by a candidate along with his/her nomination is shown in the tabulated format below for ready reference of the Returning Officer and Candidates.
For all General Category of Rs. 500/- per candidate irrespective of whether candidate is a Wards (unreserved) woman or belongs to Scheduled Tribe/Scheduled Caste/Other
Backward Classes.
For all Reserved Category Rs. 300/- for Ward reserved for OBC. of Wards Rs. 75/- for Ward reserved for OBC (Women).
Rs. 75/- for Ward reserved for Scheduled Caste (Men or Women). Rs. 75/- for Ward reserved for Scheduled Tribe (Men or Women). Rs. 75/- for Ward reserved for Women.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES II No. 51 (EXTRAORDINARY No. 2) 23RD MARCH, 2018 Order No. 4/15/EMC/PS/2017-SEC/263Sub.: Filing of affidavit for Municipal Elections.
In exercise of the powers conferred upon this Commission under Article 243ZA of the Constitution of India read with Section 10A of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, I, R. K. Srivastava, State Election Commissioner, Goa hereby direct as under:-
Whereas, as per sub-rule (2A) of Rule 12 of the Goa Municipalities (Election) Rules, 1969, it is incumbent upon the candidates to file an affidavit in the prescribed Form XXIII alongwith the nomination;
And whereas, if any candidate fails to file the said affidavit alongwith the nomination paper, the Returning Officer should bring this defect to the notice of the candidate/proposer presenting the nomination form.
It is further directed that no column of the affidavit should be left blank or filled by just tick/dash marking. If the information asked for in a column is Nil or not applicable to the particular candidate, then he should write "Nil" or "Not applicable" in that column. A standard format for this purpose is given at Annexure "A".
A copy of blank Form XXIII should be issued to the candidate or his proposer immediately on presentation of the nomination paper and candidate should be asked to file duly sworn affidavit alongwith the nomination papers.
In case there is a request from any person to seek copies of the affidavit filed by a candidate/ /candidates, they may be given a copy on payment of copying charges at the rate of Rs. 2/- per page.
If any candidate fails to file prescribed affidavit till the last date and time of nominations, the Returning Officer shall reject his candidature during Scrutiny for non-compliance of Rule 2A.
The Returning Officer shall not go into the aspect of verification/truthfulness of the contents of the affidavit sworn by the candidate during the Scrutiny of the nominations or during the election process.
Given under the seal of this Commission.
R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner (Goa State Election Commission).
Panaji, 22nd March, 2018.
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Department of Urban Development
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No. 10/738/2017-DMA/Elect/Sankhali/3830
In exercise of the powers vested in me under sub-section (1) of Section 9 and Section 10 of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, I, Smt. R. Menaka, IAS, Director of Urban Development, hereby determine that seats shall be reserved for persons belonging to the category of Other Backward Classes/Scheduled Tribes and for Women in different wards of the Sankhali Municipal Council for the purpose of ensuing Municipal Election, as per the details specified in the Annexure hereto:
Name of the Total No. of Serial No. of Serial No. of Serial No. of Municipality wards in the wards reserved wards reserved wards reserved Municipality for ST for OBC for Women
Sankhali 13 – 2, 6, 9, 11 1, 4, 5, 8
By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.
R. Menaka, IAS, Director & ex officio Addl. Secretary (Urban Development/Municipal Administration).
Panaji, 23rd March, 2018.