## Report on Presidential Election of India - Public Notice (June 15, 2022)
**1. Executive Summary:**
This report analyzes a Public Notice issued by the Election Commission of India on June 15, 2022, regarding the election to the Office of President of India. The notice outlines the schedule and procedures for the nomination process, including deadlines for submission, required deposits, and timelines for scrutiny and withdrawal of candidatures. The core purpose is to formally announce the commencement of the election process and inform potential candidates and relevant stakeholders about the necessary steps and timelines.
**2. Introduction:**
This report provides an overview and analysis of the Public Notice released by the Election Commission of India on June 15, 2022, concerning the election of the President of India. The analysis focuses solely on the information contained within the provided text.
**3. Policy Overview:**
* This is a *new* policy notice announcing the election for the President of India and prescribing specific requirements.
* **Core Objective(s):** To officially announce the commencement of the Presidential election process, to specify the procedure for filing nominations, and to communicate relevant timelines to potential candidates, proposers, seconders, and the general public.
**4. Background and Rationale:**
* This is a new policy notice so, the policy addresses the procedural requirements for a Presidential Election, as required by the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952.
**5. Key Provisions / Changes:**
As this is a new policy notice detailing the beginning of the election process, the key provisions are as follows:
* **Nomination Delivery:** Nomination papers can be delivered by a candidate, or one of his proposers or seconders, to the Returning Officer (P.C. Mody) or Assistant Returning Officers (Shri Mukul Pande, Shri Surendra Kumar Tripathi) at Room No. 29, Ground Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi.
* **Nomination Deadline:** The deadline for delivering nomination papers is June 29, 2022, between 11:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on any day other than a public holiday.
* **Electoral Roll Requirement:** Each nomination paper must be accompanied by a certified copy of the candidate's entry in the electoral roll for the Parliamentary constituency where the candidate is registered.
* **Deposit Requirement:** Every candidate must deposit Rupees Fifteen Thousand, either in cash with the Returning Officer or previously in the Reserve Bank of India or a Government Treasury. A receipt is required if deposited in the latter.
* **Nomination Form Availability:** Nomination forms can be obtained from the specified office.
* **Nomination Scrutiny:** Nomination papers will be scrutinized on June 30, 2022, at 11:00 A.M. in Committee Room No. 62, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi.
* **Withdrawal of Candidature:** Notice of withdrawal can be delivered by a candidate or authorized proposer/seconder to the designated location before 3:00 P.M. on July 2, 2022.
* **Polling Date and Time:** In the event of a contested election, the poll will be held on July 18, 2022, between 10:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. at designated polling locations.
**6. Target Audience and Stakeholders:**
Based on the text, the directly affected audience and stakeholders include:
* Potential candidates for the Office of President of India.
* Proposers and seconders of candidates.
* The Returning Officer and Assistant Returning Officers.
* Election Commission of India.
* General Public
**7. Implementation Aspects (Inferred):**
* **Responsible Agency/Bodies:** The Election Commission of India is the primary responsible body. The Returning Officer (P.C. Mody) and Assistant Returning Officers (Shri Mukul Pande, Shri Surendra Kumar Tripathi) are responsible for managing the nomination process.
* **Timelines and Procedures:** The notice clearly specifies timelines for nomination submission, scrutiny, and withdrawal of candidatures. The procedure for depositing the required sum is also detailed.
**8. Expected Outcomes / Impact of Changes:**
The intended outcome of this policy notice is to:
* Ensure a transparent and orderly process for the Presidential election.
* Provide clear guidelines and deadlines for potential candidates to file their nominations.
* Facilitate a fair and democratic election process.
**9. Conclusion:**
The Public Notice issued by the Election Commission of India on June 15, 2022, serves as a crucial document initiating the Presidential election process. It outlines the essential procedures and timelines for nomination, scrutiny, and withdrawal, ensuring a structured and transparent election process. The information contained within is vital for potential candidates, their proposers and seconders, and all stakeholders involved in the Presidential election.
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission of India: The organization that issued the public notice regarding the election to the office of President of India.
President of India: The office for which an election is being held, as per the public notice.
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974: The set of rules governing the election to the office of President and Vice-President of India.
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952: The act governing the holding of elections to fill the office of President of India.
P.C. Mody: The Returning Officer for the election to the office of President of India.
Parliament House, New Delhi: The location where nomination papers can be delivered and where scrutiny of nomination papers will take place.
Mukul Pande: Assistant Returning Officer, Officer on Special Duty (OSD).
Surendra Kumar Tripathi: Assistant Returning Officer, Joint Secretary and Chief Vigilance Officer, Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
Reserve Bank of India: One of the places where the deposit for the election can be made.
Rajya Sabha: The Council of States, one of the houses of the Parliament of India. Related to Surendra Kumar Tripathi's position in the Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
Government Treasury: One of the places where the deposit for the election can be made.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण्ड 3—उप-खण्ड (iii)
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स.ं 43] नई ददल्ली, बधु र्ार, िनू 15, 2022/ज्य ष्े ठ 25, 1944
No. 43] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022/JYAISHTHA 25, 1944
भारत जनर्ाचा न आयोग
सार्िा जनक सचू ना
नई ददल्ली, 15 िून, 2022
प्रारूप 1
(राष्ट्रपतीय और उपराष्ट्रपतीय जनर्ााचन जनयम, 1974 का जनयम 3 देजखए)
भारत के राष्ट्रपजत पद के जलए जनर्ाचा न
की
लोक सचू ना
आ.अ. 43(अ).—भारत के राष्ट्रपजत पद भरने के जलए जनर्ााचन करन े के जलए, जनर्ााचन आयोग द्वारा, राष्ट्रपतीय
और उपराष्ट्रपतीय जनर्ााचन अजधजनयम, 1952 की धारा 4 की उपधारा (1) के अधीन अजधसूचना जनकाल दी गई ह,ै अत:
ऐसे जनर्ााचन के जलए ररटर्ननग आदिसर, म ैंपी.सी. मोदी सूचना देता ह ंदक -
(i) अभ्यथी या उसके प्रस्ट्थापकों या समथाकों म ें स े दकसी एक द्वारा नामजनदेिन पत्र जनम्नहस्ट्ताक्षरकता ा को
कमरा सं. 29, भूतल, संसद भर्न, नई ददल्ली म ें उसके कायाालय म ें या यदद र्ह अपररर्िानीय रूप स े
अनुपजस्ट्थत हो, तो सहायक ररटर्ननग आदिसर श्री मुकुल पांडे, जर्िेष काया अजधकारी अथर्ा श्री सुरेन्द्र
कुमार जत्रपाठी, संयुक्त सजचर् और मख्ु य सतकाता अजधकारी, राज्य सभा सजचर्ालय को उक्त कायाालय म ें
29 िनू , 2022 तक (लोक अर्काि- ददन से जभन्न) दकसी ददन 11 बिे पूर्ााह्न और 3 बि े अपराह्न के
बीच पररदत्त दकए िा सकेंगे;
(ii) हर एक नामजनदेिन पत्र के साथ उस संसदीय जनर्ााचन-क्षत्रे की जनर्ााचक नामार्ली म ें अभ्यथी स े सम्बद्ध
प्रजर्जि की एक प्रमाजणत प्रजत लगाई िाएगी जिसम ें अभ्यथी जनर्ााचक के रूप म ें रजिस्ट्रीकृत ह;ै
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(iii) हर अभ्यथी केर्ल पन्द्रह हिार रुपय े की राजि िमा करेगा या िमा करर्ाएगा। यह रकम नामजनदेिन पत्र
प्रस्ट्तुत करत े समय ररटर्ननग आदिसर के पास नकद िमा की िा सकेगी या भारतीय ररिर्ा बैंक या दकसी
सरकारी खिाने म ें इससे पहल े िमा की िा सकेगी और पश्चात्कजथत दिा में ऐसी रसीद का, जिसमें यह
दर्शित दकया हो दक उक्त राजि िमा कर दी गई ह,ै नामजनदेिन पत्र के साथ लगाया िाना आर्श्यक होगा;
(iv) नामजनदेिन पत्रों के प्ररूप पूर्ोक्त कायाालय से पूर्ोक्त समय पर प्राप्त दकए िा सकेंगे;
(v) अजधजनयम की धारा 5ख की उपधारा (4) के अधीन नामंिूर दकए गए नामजनदेिन पत्रों स े जभन्न
नामजनदेिन पत्रों की संर्ीक्षा सजमजत कमरा सं. 62, प्रथम तल, संसद भर्न, नई ददल्ली म,ें बहृ स्ट्पजतर्ार
30 िनू , 2022 को पर्ू ाह्ा न 11 बि ेकी िाएगी;
(vi) अभ्यर्शथता र्ापस लेन े की सूचना अभ्यथी, या उसके प्रस्ट्थापकों या समथाकों म ें से दकसी एक द्वारा, िो
अभ्यथी द्वारा जलजखत रूप स े इस जनजमत्त प्राजधकृत दकया गया हो, जनम्नहस्ट्ताक्षरकता ा को, उपरोक्त पैरा (i)
म ेंजर्जनर्ददि स्ट्थान म ें2 िलु ाई, 2022 को तीन बि ेअपराह्न स ेपहल ेपररदत्त की िा सकेगी;
(vii) जनर्ााचन लड़े िाने की दिा म ें मतदान इन जनयमों के अधीन जनयत दकय े गय े मतदान के स्ट्थान म ें सोमर्ार,
18 िलु ाई, 2022 को पर्ू ाह्ा न 10 बि ेऔर अपराह्न 5 बि ेके बीच होगा।
[सं. RS/PE/12/2022]
पी.सी. मोदी,
राष्ट्रपतीय जनर्ााचन, 2022
के जलए ररटर्ननग आदिसर
(महासजचर्, राज्य सभा)
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
PUBLIC NOTICE
New Delhi, the 15th June, 2022
FORM 1
(See rule 3 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Rules, 1974)
PUBLIC NOTICE
OF
ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA
O.N. 43(E).—WHEREAS a notification under sub-section (1) of section 4 of the Presidential
and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952, for the holding of an election to fill the office of President of
India has been issued by the Election Commission, I, P.C. Mody, the Returning Officer for such election,
do hereby give notice that—
(i) nomination papers may be delivered by a candidate or any one of his proposers or
seconders to the undersigned at his office in Room No. 29, Ground Floor, Parliament
House, New Delhi, or if he is unavoidably absent, to the Assistant Returning Officers, Shri
Mukul Pande, Officer on Special Duty (OSD)/Shri Surendra Kumar Tripathi, Joint Secretary
and Chief Vigilance Officer, Rajya Sabha Secretariat at the said office between 11.00 A.M.
and 3.00 P.M. on any day (other than a public holiday) not later than the 29th of June,
2022;
(ii) each nomination paper shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the entry relating to
the candidate in the electoral roll for the Parliamentary constituency in which the
candidate is registered as an elector;
(iii) every candidate shall deposit or cause to be deposited a sum of Rupees Fifteen Thousand
only. This amount may be deposited in cash with the Returning Officer at the time of
presentation of the nomination paper or deposited earlier in the Reserve Bank of India or
in a Government Treasury and in the latter case a receipt showing that the said deposit of
the sum has been so made is required to be enclosed with the nomination paper;[भाग II—खण् ड 3(iii)] भारत का रािपत्र : असाधारण 3
(iv) forms of nomination papers may be obtained from the above said office at the time
aforesaid;
(v) the nomination papers, other than those rejected under sub- section (4) of section 5B of
the Act, will be taken up for scrutiny at Committee Room No.62, First Floor, Parliament
House, New Delhi on Thursday, the 30th of June, 2022 at 11.00 A.M.;
(vi) the notice of withdrawal of candidatures may be delivered by a candidate, or any one of
his proposers or seconders who has been authorised in this behalf in writing by the
candidate, to the undersigned at the place specified in paragraph (i) above before three
o'clock in the afternoon of 2nd of July, 2022;
(vii) in the event of the election being contested, the poll will be taken on Monday, the 18th of
July, 2022 between hours of 10.00 A.M. and 5.00 P.M. at the places of polling fixed
under the rules.
[No. RS/PE/12/2022]
P.C. MODY,
RETURNING OFFICER FOR THE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2022
(Secy.-General Rajya Sabha)
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