(1) The Returning Officer shall, after reporting the result under sub-rule (b) of Rule 28 forward the sealed envelopes and packets, referred to in the preceding rules and also the records referred to in sub-rule (6) of Rule 24, the return of election prepared under sub-rule (c) of Rule 28, each placed in a separate sealed envelope, to the District. Panchayat Raj Officer. Each envelope or packet shall have written over it specification of the contents thereof.
LAPANCHAYATADHIN\YAM,1961 ’ R AT ' RA P 2 LN .. KSHETTRA PANC HAYAT & it Panchayat Raj Officer, the packets of e f the District ¢ - 1i
(2) While in thfi Clfi;?{dde(,’ cancelled valid or relzdffiaggfzgi:ti?gnllbers ballot papers whether ors shall not be open¢ a 3 hot used while issuing ballot pap fore any person of authority except under the d befor f other papers shall be allowed by be inspected by or produc e ) ordersp"f the Competent Court: Ly gt 1 within such hours as he may fix the District Panchayat Raj Officer to any pers o for the purpose.
(3) Inspection of electi the District Panchayat Raj Offic er un \ y et ggnd;fiolwlssc;f payment )(;f a fee o f Rs. 10 per day on which the i nspection is made : I b-rule (c) of Rule 28 shall be furnished O Prchy pleparedictzctlsrai t; person who may ask for the same on by the District Panchayat Raj ( l)ff payment of a fee Rs. 10 for each copy- Ry ‘o i i b-rule (1) shall be retained for a period o
(4) Election papers referred to in st ) ¥ any direction fo the caitrary { destroyed subject one year and shall there after be y ideih s e given by the State Election C ommission or the Comy ourt. ' s.—(1) If the nomination o f any candifeiture of deposit B B e Kot p he shall pass an order for the return of date is rejected by the Returning Officer, the deposjit madeyunder Rule 8 to t he candidate or to the person who made the deposit.
(2) If a contesting candidate dies before the commencement of the poll, the be returned to his legal repredeposit made under Rule 8 shall, if ma de by him, ] sentatives and if not made by him, be returne d to the person by ‘whom it was made.
(3) If a candidate nominated for election is not elected and the number of votes poled by him by way of first preference does not exceed o ne-fourth of the total number of votes poled, the deposit made under Rule 8 shall be fo rfeited to the State Government.
Explanation—For the purpose of this subs-rule, the number of votes polled shall refer only to the number of valid ballot papers counted.
(4) In cases not covered by the preceding sub-rules and Rule 11, every deposit made under Rule 8 shall after publication of the result of the election in the Gazette, be returned to the candidate.