Panaji, 23rd May, 2019 (Jyaistha 2, 1941)

SERIES II No. 8

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

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

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Elections

Goa State Election Commission

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Order

No. 4/19/Bye-Elec/CCM/2019-SEC/497

Sub.: Deposit for Nominations.

Whereas the bye-election to Curchorem-Cacora

Municipal Council in Quepem Taluka has been

declared vide Notification No. 4/19/Bye-Elec/CCM/

/2019-SEC/161 dated 6-3-2019.

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 the tabulated format below for ready

reference of the Returning Officer and Candidates.

For all General Category

Rs. 500/- per candidate

of Wards (unreserved)

irrespective of whether

candidate is a woman or

belongs to Scheduled

Tribe/Scheduled Caste/

/Other Backward Classes.

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For all Reserved

Rs. 300/- for Ward reserved

Category of Wards

for OBC.

Rs. 75/- for Ward reserved

for OBC (Women).

Rs. 75/- for Ward reserved

for Scheduled Caste

(Men or Women).

Rs. 75/- for Ward reserved

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, 23rd May, 2019.

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Order

No. 4/19/Bye-Elec/CCM/2019-SEC/498

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, I, 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

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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 rates 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.

R. K. Srivastava, IAS (Retd.), Commissioner (Goa

State Election Commission).

Panaji, 23rd May, 2019.