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Panaji, 23rd March, 2018 (Chaitra 2, 1940)

SERIES II No. 51

Reg. No. G-2/RNP/GOA/32/2018-20

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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.

Given under the seal of this Commission.

R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner (Goa State Election Commission).

Panaji, 22nd March, 2018.

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: dir–[email protected]

EXTRAORDINARY

No. 2

OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA

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Order

No. 4/15/EMC/PS/2017-SEC/263

Sub.: 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.

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