**Policy Summary:**
This notification, O.N. 29E, issued by the Election Commission of India on July 25, 2025, appoints the Returning Officer for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2025. In pursuance of subsection 1 of Section 3 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 (31 of 1952), and in consultation with the Central Government, the Election Commission has appointed the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi, to this role. The notification is filed under F.No. 480ROARO2025I and signed by Suman Kumar Das, Secretary.
Key Entities Referenced
Election Commission of India: The constitutional body responsible for conducting elections in India.
New Delhi: The location of the Election Commission of India and the place of publication of the notification. Union Territory in India.
Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952: The legal act governing the elections of the President and Vice-President of India.
Rajya Sabha: The Upper House of the Parliament of India.
Parliament House, New Delhi: The location of the Rajya Sabha secretariat.
Vice-Presidential Election, 2025: The election for the office of the Vice-President of India, scheduled for 2025.
Secretary General, Rajya Sabha: The designated Returning Officer for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2025.
Suman Kumar Das: The Secretary who issued the order on behalf of the Election Commission of India.
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भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (iii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (iii)
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स.ं 29] िई दिल्ली, िुक्रर्ार, िुलाई 25, 2025/श्रार्ण 3, 1947
No. 29] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2025/SHRAVANA 3, 1947
भारत जिर्ाचा ि आयोग
अजधसचू िा
िई दिल्ली, 25 िलु ाई, 2025
आ.अ. 29 (अ).— राष्ट्रपतीय और उपराष्ट्रपतीय जिर्ााचि अजधजियम, 1952 (1952 का 31) की धारा 3 की उप
धारा (1) के अिुसरण में, जिर्ााचि आयोग, केन्द्रीय सरकार के परामिा से, महासजचर्, राज्य सभा, संसि भर्ि, िई दिल्ली
को, उप-राष्ट्रपतीय जिर्ााचि, 2025 के जलए एतद्द्वारा ररटर्िगिं आदिसर जियक्तु करता ह।ै
[िा. सं. 480/रर.आ-स.रर.आ./2025(।)]
आिेि से,
सुमि कुमार िास, सजचर्
4959 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(iii)]
ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 25th July, 2025
O.N. 29(E).—In pursuance of sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential
Elections Act, 1952 (31 of 1952), the Election Commission, in consultation with the Central Government,
hereby appoints the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi, to be the Returning
Officer for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2025.
[F.No. 480/RO-ARO/2025(I)]
By Order,
SUMAN KUMAR DAS, Secy.
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