2 min readGurgaonApr 26, 2011 04:14 AM IST
First published on: Apr 26, 2011 at 04:14 AM IST
The Election Commission,Haryana,has fixed Rs 75,000 as the ceiling for expenditure by a candidate contesting for the
Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) polls. The MCG elections will take place on May 15.
The Election Commission issued the instructions under the Haryana Municipal Election Expenditure (Maintenance and Submission of Accounts Order),1996,in connection with maintenance and scrutiny of election expenditure account.
Officials said the account of expenditure incurred by the contesting candidates will be maintained and submitted to Deputy Commissioner P C Meena within 30 days from the declaration of the result.
Meena will send the report to the State Election Commission. In case a candidate fails to submit accounts of expenditure within the prescribed time limit,the Commission shall disqualify him/her for a period of three years from the date of the order,Meena said.
“No contesting candidate or any individual on his behalf can put up any cut-outs,hoarding,etc,without prior permission of the government authority concerned. Any violation by the contesting candidate or his authorised agent or individual to incur any expenditure in excess of the limit mentioned above,will be viewed seriously by the State Election Commission and stringent action shall be taken against him,” added Meena.
The district administration had earlier said the nomination papers should be submitted between April 28 and May 2.
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