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P.C. Mody, the Returning Officer for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2025, issues a public notice detailing the election process for the Office of Vice-President of India, as per a notification under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952.

Detailed Summary

This public notice, issued by P.C. MODY, Returning Officer for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2025, and Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha, outlines the procedural details for the election to the Office of Vice-President of India. It follows a notification issued by the Election Commission under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952. Nomination papers must be delivered by a candidate or their proposer/seconder to Room No. RS-28, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on any day (excluding public holidays) no later than Thursday, 21st August, 2025. In the Returning Officer's unavoidable absence, Assistant Returning Officers Ms. Garima Jain, Joint Secretary, or Shri Vijay Kumar, Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat, are authorized to receive papers. Each nomination paper must be accompanied by a certified copy of the candidate's electoral roll entry for their Parliamentary constituency and a deposit of Rupees Fifteen Thousand only (Rs. 15,000). This deposit can be made in cash with the Returning Officer or earlier in the Reserve Bank of India or a Government Treasury, with a receipt enclosed. Forms for nomination papers are available from the aforementioned office. Scrutiny of nomination papers, excluding those rejected under sub-section (4) of Section 5B of the Act, will take place at Room No. F-100, Sangoshthi-2, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi, on Friday, 22nd August, 2025, at 11 a.m. Notices of withdrawal of candidatures must be delivered to the Returning Officer's specified office before 3 p.m. on Monday, 25th August, 2025. Should the election be contested, the poll will occur on Tuesday, 9th September, 2025, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the polling places fixed under the rules. The notice is dated 7th August, 2025.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Delhi Gazette SG-DL-E-07082025-265279 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 34] DELHI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2025/SHRAVANA 16, 1947 [N. C. T. D. No. 167 PART II-I GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI 5284 DG/2025 [PART II-I DELHI GAZETTE: EXTRAORDINARY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, DELHI NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 7th August, 2025 No. CEO/COE/102(55)/Pt. File/2025/284.β€”The following is published for general information:- OFFICE OF THE RETURNING OFFICER FOR VICE-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2025 PUBLIC NOTICE OF ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF VICE-PRESIDENT OF INDIA 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 Vice-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. RS-28, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi, or if he is unavoidably absent, to the Assistant Returning Officers, Ms. Garima Jain, Joint Secretary/Shri Vijay Kumar, Director, Rajya Sabha Secretariat at the said office between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on any day (other than a public holiday) not later than Thursday, the 21st August, 2025; (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; (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 the said office in Room No. F-100, Sangoshthi-2, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi, on Friday, the 22nd August, 2025 at 11 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 Monday, the 25th August, 2025; (vii) in the event of the election being contested, the poll will be taken on Tuesday, the 9th September, 2025 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the place of polling fixed under the rules. New Delhi Dated the 7th of August, 2025 P.C. MODY, Returning Officer For The Vice-Presidential Election, 2025 AND Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha By Order TONGMINTHANG MISAO, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR Digitally signed by SARVESH SRIVASTAVA

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