PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
EXTRAORDINARY
GOVERNMENT OF GOA
Department of Panchayati Raj and Community Development
Directorate of Panchayats
Notification
No. 34/DP/PAN/ZP/2025/8687 Date : 13-Nov-2025
Whereas the draft Rules of the Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) (Eight Amendment) Rules, 2024 were pre-published as required by sub-section (1) of Section 240 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994) in the Official Gazette, Series I, No. 31 (Extraordinary) dated 03-11-2025 under Notification No. 34/DP/PAN/ZP/2025/8312 dated 03-11-2025 of the Department of Panchayati Raj and Community Development inviting objection & suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of seven days from the date of publication of this Notification in the Official Gazette.
And whereas the said Gazette was made available to the public on 03-11-2025.
And whereas no objections/suggestions have been received from the public on the said draft by the Government.
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 15 and sub-section (2) of Section 125 read with sub-section (1) of Section 240 of the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (Goa Act 14 of 1994) the Government of Goa hereby makes the following rules so as to further amend the Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) Rules, 1996, namely:
1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These Rules may be called the Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure) (Eight Amendment) Rules, 2024.
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Mahadev Araundekar, Director of Panchayats and ex officio Joint Secretary.
Note: The principal Rules were published vide the Government Notification No.1/DP/DR-EP/96 dated 1st November, 1996, in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 32 (Extraordinary) dated 7-11-1996, and subsequently amended vide the following notifications, namely:-
(1) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/1999 dated 29th October, 1999, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 31 (Extraordinary) dated 30-10-1999;
(2) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/1999 dated 8th November, 1999, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 32 (Extraordinary) dated 08-11-1999;
(3) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/1999 dated 11th January, 2000, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 42 (Extraordinary) dated 14-01-2000;
(4) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/2000 dated 31st January, 2000, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 44 Extraordinary No. 2 dated 01-02-2000;
(5) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/2001 dated 19th November, 2001, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 33 Extraordinary No. 2 dated 21-11-2001;
(6) Government Notification No. 38/DP/TP/ELN/2015 dated 18th February, 2015, published in the Official Gazette (Extraordinary), Series I No. 46 dated 18-02-2015;
(7) Government Notification No. 34/DP/PAN/ZP/2021/764 dated 15th February, 2022, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 47, dated 17-02-2022.
(8) Corrigendum No. 34/DP/PAN/ZP/2025/7852 dated 14th October, 2025, published in the Official Gazette, Series I No. 29, dated 16-10-2025.