(1) A claim or objection shall be addressed to the Revising Authority specified in the notice referred to in rule 15 and shall be presented to him personally or sent by registered post to that authority. Every claim for inclusion of names, objection in relation to the inclusion of the name or objection in relation to the particulars in an entry shall be in Form 2, 3, 4 respectively.
(2) A claim shall be signed by the person desiring his name to be included in the electoral roll and countersigned by another person whose name is already included in the electoral roll in which the claimant desires his name to be included and shall, unless sent by post, be presented by claimant himself or by a person authorised by him in writing in this behalf.
(3) No person shall prefer an objection to the inclusion of any name in the electoral roll unless his name is already included in that electoral roll.
1 Clause (f) added vide Not. No. PCH- HA(1)- 18/2008, dated the 8 th September, 2010, published in Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh, dated 10 th of September, 2010 page 4456-4467.
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(4) The Revising Authority shall maintain a register, of claims in Form-5, of objections to the inclusion of names, in Form-6, and of objection to the particular in any entry in Form-7, and cause to be entered therein the time of their receipt, particulars of every claim or objections, as the case may be.
(5) Any claim or objection, which is not lodged within the prescribed period or in the manner herein specified shall be rejected and the decision recorded in the register prepared in Form-5, 6 and 7, as the case may be.