(1) 1 is to be held the District Magistrate shall, under directions form the State Elcctl?n Commission, call upon all the constituencies of a Kshettra Panchayat or Zg]a Panchayat, as the case may be, to elect member of the Kshettra Panchayat or Zila Panchayat before such date as may be fixed by the State Election Commission :
Provided that nothing in this rule shall prevent the District Magistrate from issuing one notice for all the Kshettra Panchayats in the District.
(2) The District Magistrate shall, subject to such directions as may be issued by the State Election Commission, also appoint—
(a) the date, place and hours for making nominations;
(b) the date, time and place for scrutiny of nominations;
(c) the date, place and hours for withdrawal of candidature; and
(d) the date or dates on which and the hours during which a poll shall, if necessary be taken. '
(3) The Nirvachan Adhikari shall give public notice of the dates, places and hours appointed under Sub-rule (1) and (2) in such manner as may be specified by the District Magistrate.
(4) The Nirvachan Adhikari shall specify in the notice under Sub-rule (3) the polling place fixed under Rule 7.
16. Presentation of nomination papers—(1) A person who desires to be nominated as a candidate at an election shall deliver either in person or by his proposer to the Nirvachan Adhikari on the date and place and during the hours Whenever a general election fixed for the purposes under Sub-rule (2) of Rule 15, a nomination=papes-datlyp—ms—" completed in the form specified by the State Election Comimission.
(2) Where a candidate seeks election to a seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes or the Scheduled Castes or the Backward Classes, there, shall accompany with the nomination paper a declaration subscribed by him stating that he isa member of the Scheduled Tribes or the Scheduled Castes or the Backward Elzlasses, as the case may be, specifying the particular tribe or caste to which he elongs.
(3) Any nomination paper which is not received before, the close of the hour appo'inted in that behalf on the date appointed for filing nomination paper shall be rejected by the Nirvachan Adhikari. .
160 U.P, KSHETTRA PANCHAYAT & ZILA PANCHAYAT ADHINIYAM, 1961 [App. 1l
(4) Nothing in these rules shall prevent any candidate from being nominated by more than one nomination papers for election in the same constituency.
(5) Where no nomination paper is received before the close of the hour fixed in that behalf on the date appointed for filing of nomination papers, the Nirvachan Adhikari shall report the fact to the District Magistrate.