BALLOT
PAPERS
Printing
of postal ballot papers and ordinary ballot papers.
Election Commission's Message No. 3/ER/96/JUD-II,
Dated : 18th September, 1997 addressed to Chief
Electoral Officers, Assam, Dispur. and Repeated to
Chief Electoral officers of all other States and
Union Territories.
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SUBJECT:-
ORDER OF ARRANGEMENT OF NAMES ON POSTAL BALLOT TO BE
SAME AS IN FORM 7A (LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES).
REFERENCE YOUR FAX MESSAGE DATED 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1996
(.) ATTENTION IN THIS CONNECTION IS INVITED TO
SUB-RULE (2) OF RULE 30 OF THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
RULES, 1961 WHICH PROVIDES THAT "THE NAMES OF
THE CANDIDATES SHALL BE ARRANGED ON THE BALLOT PAPER
IN THE SAME ORDER IN WHICH THEY APPEAR IN THE LIST OF
CONTESTING CANDIDATES" (.)
2. AS PER REVISED FROM 7A - LIST OF CONTESTING
CANDIDATES-NAME OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE TO BE ARRANGED
UNDER THREE CATEGORIES I.E. (I) CANDIDATES OF
RECOGNISED NATIONAL AND STATE POLITICAL PARTIES, (II)
CANDIDATES OF REGISTERED POLITICAL PARTIES (OTHER
THAN RECOGNISED NATIONAL AND STATE POLITICAL
PARTIES), (III) OTHER CANDIDATES (.) THEREFORE NAMES
OF CANDIDATES HAVE TO BE ARRANGED ON THE BALLOT
PAPERS IN THE SAME ORDER UNDER THESE CATEGORIES IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF NAMES IN EACH CATEGORY HOWEVER
THE ABOVE MENTIONED THREE CATEGORY HEADINGS AS GIVEN
IN THE REVISED FROM 7A SHOULD NOT REPEAT NOT APPEAR
ON THE BALLOT PAPERS (.)
TO : SECRETARY ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, NEW
DELHI
FROM : CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, ASSAM, DISPUR
NO. ELE. 41/96/152 DATED DISPUR THE 17TH SEPTEMBER
1996 (.) REFERENCE PARA 10(TEN) OF THE COMMISSION'S
LETTER NO. 3/ER/96-JUD. II, DATED 9/8/96 READ WITH
CHAPTER 10 (TEN) OF THE HAND BOOK FOR RETURNING
OFFICERS 1994 (REPRINT 1996) REGARDING PRINTING OF
POSTAL BALLOT PAPERS AND ORDINARY BALLOT PAPERS (.)
AS PER AMENDED LAW THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES IN THE
LIST OF VALIDLY NOMINATED CANDIDATES (COMMA) LIST OF
CONTESTING CANDIDATES AND IN THE BALLOT PAPERS SHALL
HAVE TO BE ARRANGED ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION
INTO THREE CATEGORIES AND THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES
SHALL HAVE TO BE ARRANGED IN EACH CATEGORY IN
ALPHABETICAL ORDER (.) NOW IN THE REVISED FROM 7A
THAT IS THE LIST OF CONTESTING CANDIDATES THE NAMES
OF THE CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO BE SHOWN IN THREE
CATEGORIES UNDER THE SPECIFIC HEADINGS NAMELY (ONE)
CANDIDATES OF RECOGNISED NATIONAL AND STATE POLITICAL
PARTIES (TWO) CANDIDATES OF REGISTERED POLITICAL
PARTIES (OTHER THAN RECOGNISED NATIONAL AND STATE
POLITICAL PARTIES) AND (THREE) OTHER CANDIDATES AND
THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES SHALL HAVE TO BE ARRANGED
IN EACH CATEGORY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER (.) BUT THE
SPECIFICATION FOR PRINTING OF BALLOT PAPERS HAVE NOT
BEEN CHANGED (.) AS SUCH IT IS NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE
HEADING OF THE ABOVE THREE CATEGORIES SHOULD BE
PRINTED ON THE BALLOT PAPERS OR WHETHER THE NAMES OF
THE CANDIDATES SHOULD BE PRINTED ON THE BALLOT PAPER
IN THE SAME ORDER AS SHOWN IN THE LIST OF CONTESTING
CANDIDATES WITHOUT THE HEADINGS (.) IF THE HEADING OF
THE THREE CATEGORIES AS ABOVE ARE REQUIRED TO BE
PRINTED ON THE BALLOT PAPER TO MAKE THE BALLOT PAPER
IN THE SAME GET UP AS THE LIST OF CONTESTING
CANDIDATES (COMMA) IN THAT CASE THE SPECIFICATION FOR
PRINTING OF BALLOT PAPERS WOULD REQUIRE MODIFICATION
(.) PARA (.) COMMISSION IS THEREFORE REQUESTED KINDLY
TO CLARIFY THE MATTER AND GIVE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO HOW
BALLOT PAPERS ARE TO BE PRINTED BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE
IN THE FORMAT OF THE LIST OF THE CONTESTING
CANDIDATES IN FORM 7A (.) COMMISSION'S INSTRUCTION IS
SOLICITED AT AN EARLY DATE (.)
COPY TO :-
1. The O/C, I.S.P.W., Dispur for immediate
transmission of the above message. as CRASH.
Post copy in confirmation to:-
2. The secretary, Election Commission of India,
Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001
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