Srinagar, The Election Commission of India (ECI) Thursday issued the notification for the second phase of the 3-phased Assembly polls in J&K.
The ECI issued the notification for filling of nomination papers by candidates for the second phase. The last date for filling nomination papers is September 5 while scrutiny will be done on September 6.
Candidates can withdraw their nomination forms till September 9.
While the second phase will go into polling on September 25 between 7 am and 6 pm, the results of all the phases will be declared on October 4.
It includes the seats of Kangan (ST), Ganderbal, Hazratbal, Khanyar, Habba Kadal, Lal Chowk, Channapora, Zadibal, Eidgah, Central Shalteng, Budgam, Beerwah, Khansahib, Chrar-i-Sharief, Chadoora, Gulabgarh (ST), Reasi, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi, Kalakote-Sunderbani, Nowshera Rajouri (ST), Budhal (ST), Thannamandi (ST), Surankote (ST), Poonch Haveli and Mendhar (ST).
Scrutiny of nomination papers for the first phase ended on Wednesday. Nomination papers of 34 candidates were rejected due to lack of required documents.
Nomination papers of Sarjan Ahmad Wagay alias Sarjan Barkati were also rejected. Authorities said the reason behind the rejection of the papers of Barkati was due to lack of an oath certificate.
In the office of Returning Officer, 36 Zainapora, the nomination papers, on behalf of candidate, Sarjan Ahmad Wagay, were filed by the authorised person on August 27, 2024 at 2.55 p.m. being the last date of filing of nomination papers," an handout issued here said. After scrutinising the nomination papers, "it was found it lacked an oath Certificate, which is a requirement under Section 16 of the J&K Reorganization Act 2019, duly inked by the Superintendent of Central Jail Srinagar, as the candidate is under detention in Central Jail Srinagar."
It has to be duly subscribed by the candidate under detention before the Jail Superintendent before the date of scrutiny, and the Oath certificate duly by the Jail Superintendent can be filed at the time of Scrutiny of Nomination papers as per the time set by the Returning officer. Accordingly, the prescribed checklist/acknowledgement form duly signed by RO was handed over to the authorised person of the candidate to produce an Oath certificate and other deficient documents, latest by 11 a.m. on August 28, 2024. The candidate failed to produce the required documents by the specified time," he said.
"The authorised person of the candidate submitted an invalid and incomplete Oath Certificate at 1:48 p.m. WhatsApp itself is not the prescribed mode of submission of an oath certificate. Further, even the oath certificate submitted was incomplete and was not accompanied by the requisite certificate from the Superintendent of Jail that the oath had been made and subscribed before him within the permissible time. "The Returning officer was so constrained to reject the nomination papers at the time of scrutiny in view of the mandatory requirement of oath under Section 16 of the JK Reorganisation Act 2019," the authorities said.
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