(1) Any candidate may withdraw his candidature by delivering notice in Form NO. 9 to the Returning Officer, on the date and by the hour appointed under clause (c) of rule 26.
(2) The notice may be given either by the candidate in person or his proposer or election agent who has been authorised in this behalf in writing by the candidate:
Provided that where the application is delivered to the Returning Officer by the proposer or election agent of a candidate, it shall be accepted only if it is presented along with the acknowledgment of the nomination paper given to the candidate or his proposer at the time of presentation of the Nomination paper under rule 30.
(3) No person who has given a notice of withdrawal of his candidature under sub-rule
(7) shall be allowed to cancel such notice.
(4) The Returning Officer shall on being satisfied as to the genuineness of notice of withdrawal and the identity of person delivering it under sub-rule (2) cause a notice in Form- 10 giving particulars of the candidates who have withdrawn their candidature, to be affixed on the notice board of Mandi Committee and Zanpad Panchayat Office.
35. Preparation of list of contesting candidates— (1) Immediately after the expiry of period within which the candidature may be withdrawn under Rule 26, the Returning Officer shall prepare a list of contesting candidates, that is to say, candidates whose Nomination papers have been finally accepted and who have not withdrawn their candidature within the specified period, In Form No. 11,12 and 13.
(2) The said list subject to the provisions of sub-rule (3) contain the names in alphabetical order and the addresses of the contesting candidates as given in the Nomination papers and shall be prepared in Hindi in Devnagari script.
(3) The alphabetical order referred to in sub-rule (2) shall be determined with reference to the names and or surnames of the candidates in such manner as may be determined by the District Election Officer.