EXTRAORDINARY

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Panchayati Raj and Community Development

Directorate of Panchayats

Notification

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.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 20.— In Rule 20 of the Goa Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat (Election Procedure)

Rules, 1996, in sub-rule (1), for the expression “(4) Ball (5) Camera (6) Car (7) Desk (8) Door (9)

Envelope (10) Fire Engine (11) Flute (12) Frying Pan (13) Gas Cylinder (14) Gas Stove (15) Hanger (16)

Hat (17) Ink Pot and Pen (18) Jeep (19) Kite (20) Lock and Key (21) Pressure Cooker (22) Railway Engine

(23) Road Roller (24) Sewing Machine (25) Stool (26) Table Lamp (27) Television (28) Violin (29)

Walking Stick (30) Whistle”, the expression “(4) Camera (5) Car (6) Desk (7) Door (8) Envelope (9) Fire

No. 34/DP/PAN/ZP/2025/8687

Date : 13-Nov-2025

Suggestions are welcomed on e-mail: [email protected]

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Engine (10) Flute (11) Frying Pan (12) Gas cylinder (13) Gas stove (14) Hanger (15) Hat (16) Ink Pot and

Pen (17) Jeep (18) Kite (19) Lock and Key (20) Pressure Cooker (21) Railway Engine (22) Road Roller

(23) Sewing Machine (24) Stool (25) Table Lamp (26) Television (27) Violin (28) Walking Stick (29)

Whistle” shall be substituted.

By order and in the name of the Governor of Goa.

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

1^st 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 29^th 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 8^th 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 31^st 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 19^th 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.

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