Panaji, 14th June, 2018 (Jyaistha 24, 1940) SERIES II No. 11 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Elections
Goa State Election Commission
— Order
No. 4/18/Bye-Elec/MCS/2018-SEC/598
Sub.: Filing of affidavit for Municipal Election.
In exercise of the powers conferred with this Commission under Article 243ZA of the Constitution of India read with Section 10A of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, R. K. Srivastava, State Election Commissioner Goa hereby direct as under:
Whereas, as per Clause 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/proposal 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 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 12, Clause (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.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES II No. 11 (EXTRAORDINARY) 14TH JUNE, 2018 Order No. 4/18/Bye-Elec/MCS/2018-SEC/592Sub.: Deposit for Nominations.
Whereas the bye-election to Sanguem Municipal Council in Sanguem Taluka has been declared vide Notification No. 4/18/Bye-Elec/MCS/2018-SEC/513 dated 16-05-2018.
And whereas, under Article 243ZA of the Constitution of India, the State Election Commission is seized with the conduct of the said election.
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 Wards Rs. 500/- per candidate irrespective of whether candidate is a (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, 12th June, 2018.
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Order
No. 4/18/Bye-Elec/MCS/2018-SEC/603
Whereas, the bye-election to Ward No. IX of Sanguem Municipal Council have been declared vide Notification No. 4/18/Bye-Elec/MCS/2018-SEC/513 dated 16-05-2018.
Now therefore, the State Election Commission in exercise of the powers conferred upon it under Article 243K and 243ZA of the Constitution of India and Section 10 A of the Goa Municipalities Act, 1968, do hereby notify as follow:–
(a) "the Collector and District Magistrate, South Goa shall function as the overall Municipal Council Election Officer (MCEO) for Ward No. IX of Sanguem Municipal Council in Sanguem Taluka in South Goa District."
This comes into force with immediate effect.
R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner (Goa State Election Commission).
Panaji, 13th June, 2018.
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