Panaji, 9th September, 2019 (Bhadra 18, 1941)
SERIES II No. 23
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EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Elections
Goa State Election Commission
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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.
3. The Commission by order dated 28-09-2019 has
put the restriction on movement of the number
of persons and the vehicles during
presentation of nomination. The maximum
number of person that will be allowed to enter
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).
Panaji, 9th September, 2019.
OFFICIAL GAZETTE — GOVT. OF GOA
SERIES II No. 23
(EXTRAORDINARY)
9TH SEPTEMBER, 2019
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Order
No. 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.
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.
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
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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