Panaji, 9th September, 2019 (Bhadra 18, 1941) SERIES II No. 23 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Elections
Goa State Election Commission __ Order
No. 5/27/Bye-elections/ZPQVP/2019-SEC/891
Sub.: Registration and Acceptance of Nomination
Forms.
Under Rule 12 of Goa Panchayat & Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) Rules, 1996 the nomination is to be presented by a candidate either in person or through a seconder authorised in writing on this behalf by such candidate to the Returning Officer. On receiving the nomination paper under sub-rule 1, the Returning Officer shall write on the nomination paper its serial number thereon, the certificate stating the date and exact time at which the application was delivered to him.
1. Clause 4 of the Rule 12 provides that not more than 2 nomination papers shall be presented by the candidate or accepted by the Returning Officer for election in the constituency.
2. Each nomination paper as soon as it is presented must be serially numbered by the R.O. When the two nominations are delivered to R.O. in a bunch, R.O. must assign serial number to them in the order the R.O. deals with them one after the other.
in the Office of the Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer at the time of filing the nomination shall be candidate plus 10 individuals which includes the proposer proposing the nominations of the candidate.
4. These nominations should be registered in R.O. Office. The signature of proposers accompanying with the candidate may be obtained in the form appended hereto in order to avoid the ambiguity and complications.
5. Clause 5 of Rule 15 provides that the nomination paper will be rejected if the signature of the candidate or a seconder is not genuine or has been obtained by fraud or undue influence.
6. If the candidate is not an elector from the same constituency or the constituencies within the jurisdiction of the respective Returning Officers from where he is contesting the election, such a candidate shall produce the certified copy of the Electoral Roll from the concerned Returning Officer or the ARO.
7. The nomination filed by the candidate nominated by the recognized National/State Political Party shall be sponsored by an individual proposer while the other candidate shall be proposed by five proposers. The proposers should be the voter from the constituency in which the candidate seeks to contest the election.
8. The registration of the nomination shall be
maintained constituency wise.
R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner (Goa
State Election Commission).
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA SERIES II No. 23 (EXTRAORDINARY) 9TH SEPTEMBER, 2019 OrderNo. 5/27/Bye-elections/ZPQVP/2019-SEC/893
Sub.: Filing of Form A & B.
Whereas, the superintendence, direction & control of Zilla Panchayat Election in Goa are vested by the Article 243K of the Constitution of India with the State Commission of Goa.
Alternatively, Form A is to be used by the President or Secretary of the recognized Political Party not having a party office in Goa.
3. The Form A & B are signed in ink only provided that no specimen signature or signatures by means of rubber stamp of any such office bearer shall be accepted and no form transmitted by Fax shall be accepted.
4. The Form A & B prescribed by Election Commission of India and as modified by the Goa State Election Commission which is appended hereto shall be used.
R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner (Goa
State Election Commission).
Panaji, 9th September, 2019.
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Notification
Whereas, by way of the Goa Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015, the provision of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act has been amended and Clause 16A incorporated in the Act defining Political Parties means a Political Party as defined under the Clause (f) of sub-section 1 of Section 2 of the Representation of People Act, 1951 and further Section 133A newly inserted in the Goa Panchayat Act, 1994 provided that the Election of the Members of the Zilla Panchayat in the Constituency of the Zilla Panchayat shall be for the candidate sponsored by Political Parties as defined under the Clause 16A of sub-section 2 of the Act. However, independent candidate shall also be eligible to contest as independents.
And whereas, it is necessary and expedient to provide in the interest of purity of election to Zilla Panchayat Constituency and in the interest of the conduct of such election in a fair and efficient manner for the specification, reservation and allotment of symbols to a candidate of recognized political party and also independent candidates and for matters connected therewith.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred by Article 243K of the Constitution of India read with Section 2 of the Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and Rule 20 of the Goa Panchayat & Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) Rules, 1996, the Commission hereby gives the following directions:
1. A candidate shall be deemed to be set up by a recognized National/State Political Party upon a notice by the Political Party in writing in Form B or Form A not later than 3.00 p.m. on the last date of making the nomination be delivered to the RO of the Constituency.
2. Form B shall be signed by the recognized political party President or Secretary of Goa Region having party office in Goa.
No. 5/27/Bye-elections/ZPQVP/2019-SEC/866
In exercise of the powers vested in me under Section 203 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994), I, R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Goa State Election Commissioner, hereby appoint the following Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers as the Requisitioning Authorities for the requisition of premises, vehicles etc. for the purpose of bye-elections to Village Panchayats and Zilla Panchayat.
1. The Dy. Collector/SDO of Satari Taluka,
Valpoi-Goa.
2. The Mamlatdar of Quepem Taluka, Quepem-Goa.
3. The Mamlatdar of Bardez Taluka, Mapusa-Goa.
4. The Mamlatdar of Salcete Taluka, Margao-Goa.
5. The Mamlatdar of Satari Taluka, Valpoi-Goa.
6. The Head Clerk of Quepem Taluka, Quepem-
-Goa.
7. The Aval Karkun of Bardez Taluka, Mapusa-Goa.
8. The Aval Karkun of Salcete Taluka, Margao-Goa.
R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner (Goa
State Election Commission).
Panaji, 28th August, 2019.
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