By a notification published in the
Gazette of India Extraordinary today (the 4th of July, 2017), the
Election Commission has fixed the following schedule for the Vice-Presidential
Elections, 2017:-
(a)
July 18, 2017, as the last date for
making nominations;
(b)
July 19, 2017, as the date for the
security of nominations;
(c)
July 21, 2017, as the last date for the
withdrawal of candidates; and
(d)
August 5, 2017, as the date on which a
poll shall, if necessary, be taken.
The Commission vide separate
Notification issued on the 1st of July, 2017 has appointed Shri
Shumsher K. Sheriff, Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha, as the Returning Officer
for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2017 and Shri Mukul Pande, Additional
Secretary and Shri Rohtas, Joint Secretary, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, as the
Assistant Returning Officers.
As required under rule 3 of the
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974, the Returning Officer
has by a Public Notice notified today, the 4th of July, 2017 that:-
i.
nomination papers may be delivered by a candidate or any one
of his proposers or seconders to the undersigned at his office in Room No. 29, Ground Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi, or if he
is unavoidably absent, to the Assistant Returning Officers, Shri Mukul Pande,
Joint Secretary or Shri Rohtas, Joint Secretary, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, at
the said office between 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. on any day (other
than a public holiday) not
later than the 18th July, 2017;
ii.
each nomination paper shall be accompanied by a certified copy of
the entry relating to the candidate in the electoral roll for the Parliamentary
constituency in which the candidate is registered as an elector;
iii. every candidate shall deposit or cause to be deposited a sum of
rupees fifteen thousand only. This
amount may be deposited in cash with the Returning Officer at the time of
presentation of the nomination paper or deposited earlier in the Reserve Bank
of India or in a Government Treasury and in the latter case a receipt showing
that the said deposit of the sum has been so made is required to be enclosed
with the nomination paper;
iv. forms of nomination papers may be obtained from the above said
office at the times aforesaid;
v.
the nomination papers, other than those rejected under sub-section (4) of section 5B of the Act, will be taken up for scrutiny at
the said office in Room No. 29,
Ground Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi on Wednesday, the 19th of
July, 2017, at 11 A.M.;
vi. the notice of withdrawal of candidatures may be delivered by a
candidate, or any one of his proposers or seconders who has been authorized in
this behalf in writing by the candidate, to the undersigned at the place
specified in paragraph (i) above before three o'clock in the afternoon of the 21st July,
2017;
vii.
In the event of the election being contested, the poll will be
taken on Saturday, the 05th August, 2017 between the hours of
10 A.M. and 5 P.M. at the place of polling fixed under the rules.
Arrangements have also been
made for simultaneous re-publication of these Notifications and the Public
Notice issued by the Returning Officer in the Official Gazette of all the
States/Union Territories.
For any queries
regarding the election process, Shri Shumsher K. Sheriff, the Returning Officer
for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2017 and Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha may
be contacted in his office (Room No. 29, Ground Floor, Parliament House, New
Delhi) between 3.30 P.M. and 4.30 P.M. on all working days (other than public
holidays) including Saturday, i.e., 15th July, 2017, falling within
the period of filing of Nomination Papers.
Office of the Returning
Officer for
Vice-Presidential Election
2017 and
Secretary-General, Rajya
Sabha
New Delhi- 04th
July, 2017
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