(1) Any candidate may withdraw his candidature by notice in writing in Form-22 subscribed by him and delivered to the Returning Officer or the Authority determined in this behalf under clause (e) of rule 33, before 3 O‘clock of the afternoon on the date specified under clause (iii) of rule 32, and no person who has thus withdrawn his candidature shall be allowed to cancel notice of withdrawal.
(2) The notice may be given either by the candidate in person or by his proposer or election agent duly authorised in this behalf in writing by the candidate.
(3) Upon receiving such a notice of withdrawal of candidature the Returning Officer or the specified authority shall cause a notice, in Form-23, to this effect to be affixed in some conspicuous place in his office and at the office of the Panchayat concerned.