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Election officials present person clarified that information papers for the April 9 Assembly predetermination volition not beryllium accepted connected nationalist holidays.
The substance had required a clarification aft governmental parties cited the constricted clip near for the polls and the intervening holidays, including the vacation for Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramzan), astatine a gathering present connected Monday. March 23 (Monday) is the past day for filing nominations arsenic per the Election Commission of India schedule.
“Nomination papers whitethorn beryllium presented connected immoderate time fixed for filing nominations, which is not a nationalist holiday. Returning officers shall not person information papers connected nationalist holidays declared nether the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881,” a March 18 bid issued by Rathan U. Kelkar, Chief Electoral Officer and Secretary, Election Department, said, referring to provisions successful the Returning Officer’s Handbook.
Political parties person been asked to counsel their candidates accordingly to guarantee timely and valid submission of the papers.
As per Section 33(1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, information papers shall not beryllium delivered to the returning serviceman connected a nationalist holiday.
In this context, ‘public holiday’ means a time declared arsenic specified nether Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. As per the database of nationalist holidays for 2026 published by the General Administration Department, March 20 is fixed arsenic vacation for Id-Ul-Fitr, but taxable to alteration depending connected the quality of the moon, the bid says.
