(1) The Commission shall cause each of its order made under rule 3 to be published in the Official Gazette.
(2) Upon publication in the Official Gazette, every such order shall have the force of law and shall not be called in question in any court.
(3) Nothing in this rule shall affect the representation in the Gram Panchayat or in the District Panchayat as the case may be, until its dissolution, existing on the date of publication in the Official Gazette of the final Order or Orders of the Commission relating to the delimitation of Gram Panchayat ward or District Panchayat ward, as the case may be, and any bye-election to fill any vacancy in such a Panchayat shall be held as if no such order had been made.
5. Power of the Commission to maintain delimitation order up-to-date :
The Commission may, from time to time, by notification published in the Official Gazette-
(a) Correct any printing mistake in any order or any error arising therein from inadvertent slip or omission;
(b) Where the boundaries or name of any territorial division mentioned in the Order are or is altered, make such amendments as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for bringing the Order up-to-date.
6. Public Inspection : An Order published under rule 4 shall remain available for public inspection free of charge for a period of ten days from the date of such publication in the office of the Commission or any other convenient place notified by the Commission.
7. Copies and Extracts : A person shall have the right to get an attested copy of any entry or extracts from such an Order or to get a copy or copies of the Order in such manner and on the payment of such fee as may be fixed by the Commission
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8. Director of Panchayats Elections : (1) There shall be a Director of Panchayats Elections who shall be such officer of Administration as the Election Commission may, in consultation with the Administrator, designate or nominate in this behalf.
(2) Subject to the superintendence, direction and control of the Election Commission, the Director of Panchayats Election shall supervise the preparation of all electoral rolls and shall conduct elections to all Panchayats under the Regulation and these rules.
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9. Electoral Registration Officer : (1) The electoral roll for each Gram Panchayat ward and for the District Panchayat ward shall be prepared by an Electoral Registration Officer who shall be such officer of Administration or of a local authority as the Commission may, in consultation with the Administration, designate or nominate in this behalf.
(2) An Electoral Registrations Officer may, subject to such restrictions as may be imposed by the Director of Panchayats Elections, employ such persons as he thinks fit for the preparation of the electoral roll referred to in sub-rule (1).
10. Assistant Electoral Registration Officers : (1) The Commission may appoint one or more persons as Assistant Electoral Registration Officers to assist any Electoral Registration Officer in the performance of its functions.
(2) Every Assistant Electoral Registration Officer shall, subject to the control of the Electoral Registration Officer, be competent to perform all or any of the functions of the Electoral Registration Officer.
C HA P T R E - IV ELECTORAL ROLLS FOR WARDS
11. Electoral Rolls for wards: The Electoral roll for wards shall be prepared to which a person is registered as Voter in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and Representation of the Peoples Act,1950;
a) Subject to any general or special direction of the Commission, the Electoral Roll of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli Parliamentary Constituency prepared under the provision of the Representation of the people of 1950 (43 of 1950) and the rules and the Order made thereunder, which is for the time being in force, shall, for the purpose of Section-14, i ) be the Electoral Rolls for the Wards of the District Panchayat and ii) as relates to ward of Village Panchayat, be the Electoral Roll for that ward.
b) The Electoral rolls shall be divided into such convenient parts as the Commission may direct.