A candidate shall not be deemed to be nominated for election unless he has deposited or caused to be deposited as security with the Returning Officer in cash against receipt
(a) in case of a member of a Gram Panchayat from any constituency a sum of rupees one hundred and where a candidate is woman or a member of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes a sum of fifty rupees;
(b) in case of Pradhan or Up-Pradhan of a Gram Panchayat a sum of one hundred and fifty rupees and where a candidate is a woman or member of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes a sum of seventy five rupees;
(c) in case of a member of Panchayat Samiti a sum of one hundred and fifty rupees and where a candidate is a woman or member of 1 Proviso ins. vide Not. No. PCH-HA(1)18/2008-I dated 12 th December, 2013, published in R.H.P. dated 27.12.2013 at pages 5356-5359 21 Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes a sum of seventy five rupees;
(d) in case of a member of Zila Parishad a sum of two hundred rupees and where a candidate is a woman or a member of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes a sum of one hundred rupees:
Provided that where the candidature of a candidate has been proposed by more than one, nomination paper for election to any single seat or office not more than one security deposit shall be required under this rule.