(1) A contesting candidate or his Nirvachan Abhikarta may appoint one persons to be resent as his Ganana Abhikarta (counting agent) at the counting of votes.
(2) Every such appointment shall be made in writing before the commencement of the counting. k \
(3) No Ganana Abhikarta shall be admitted into the place fixed for counting uinless he has delivered to the Nirvachan Adhikari the latter of his appointment under sub-rule (2). .
167 . U.P. KSHETTRA PANCHAYAT & ZILA PANCHAYAT ADHINIYAM, 1961 TApp. i 49, Persons who may be present at the counting.—(1) The Nirvachan Adhikari shall not allow any person to be present at the counting of votes except such persons as he may appoint to assist him in counting of votes and every contesting candidate, his Nirvachan Abhikarta and his Ganana Abhikarta.
(2) No person who has been employed by or on behalf of, or has been otherwise working for, a candidate in or about the election shall be appointed to assist the Nirvachan Adhikari in counting the votes.
(3) Any person who during the counting of votes misconduct's himself or fails to obey the lawful directions of Nirvachan Adhikari may be removed from the place where the votes are being counted by the Nirvachan Adhikari or by any Police Officer on duty or by any person authorised in this behalf by the Nirvachan Adhikari. o ~ 50. Procedure at the counting.—On the date and at the timé and place appointed under Rule 47 the Nirvachan Adhikari shall proceed as follows:
(@) The Nirvachan Adhikari shall satisfy himself that all the ballot boxes used at the poll and which are to be counted at that place have been received and accounted for.” - o
(b) The Nirvachan Adhikari shail then allow the candidates and their Nirvachan Abhikartas and Ganana Abtiikartas présent at the counting an opportunity to inspect the' ballot boxes and the seals for satisfying themselves that they are in order. .
(c) The Nirvachan Adhikari shall also satisfy himself that ncne cf the boxes has in fact been tempered with if any ballot box is found by him to have been tampered with or destroyed or lost, the Nirvachan Adhi- _ kari shall not proceed with the counting of votes and the provisions of " Rule 46 shall apply. )
(d) If the Nirvachan Adhikari is satisfied that all such ballot boxes as area to be counted at such place have been received and are in order, he shall take up the counting of the ballot papers contained in the ballot boxes. All the ballot boxes used at polling place shall be opened, and the counting of the ballot papers found.in those boxes proceeded with ..in accordance with the instructions of the State Election Commission, at the same time. 2 ) :
(e) An account of the ballot papers found in the boxes of the polling place shall be recorded in a statement in the form specified by the State Election Commission. ) : o ;
(f) The Nirvachan Adhikari shall allow the candidates, to their Nirvachan Abhikartas and Ganana Abhikartas, who may be present reasonable opportunity to inspect all ballot papers which:in the opinion of the Nirvachan Adhikari are liable to be rejected, but shall not allow them to handle these or any other paper. The Nirvachan Adhikari shall on every ballot paper which is rejected endorse rejection in Hindi in Devanagri script. If any candidate or his Nirvachan Abhikarta ques- “tions the correctness of the rejection of any ballot paper, the Nirvachan Adhikari shall also record briefly on such ballot paper, the grounds for " his rejection. :
{ 168 U.P. KSHETTRA PANCHAYAT & ZILA PANCHAYAT ADHINIYAM, 1961 [App. 1t
(8) After the counting of ali ballot papers contained in the ballot boxes of the polling place has been completed the Nirvachan Adhikari shall cause ali such ballot papers to be kept in a separate packet on which shall be indicated such particulars as will identify the polling place, the name of the Kshettza Panchayat or tie Zila Panchayat, as the case may " be, and the constituency to which the ballot papers relate.