The Hindu 14.10.2010
November 1 to be qualifying date for Legislative Council electoral rolls
Special Correspondent
| Special campaign planned at designated locations on October 16, 17, 30, 31 |
CHENNAI: The electoral rolls for the Graduates' Constituencies and Teachers' Constituencies of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council will be prepared with November 1 as the qualifying date.
A notice was published on October 1 asking eligible persons to apply for enrolment in the Electoral Rolls of Graduates' Constituencies / Teachers' Constituencies in Form 18 / Form 19 respectively. Another such notice will be published on October 15.
The forms are available in the designated locations (In Corporation areas — Zonal offices of the City Corporation; in other areas — Taluk Office of the area in which the applicant resides).
The Designated Officer will include Tahsildars, Deputy Tahsildar in Taluk Offices, Managers in Zonal Offices of Chennai Corporation, Assistant Commissioners in Zonal Offices of other Corporations.
Special campaigns will be held at the designated locations on October 16 and 17 and then again on October 30 and 31. On these dates, the designated officers will be present at the designated locations during office hours. Forms can be obtained and filled in forms can be submitted there. Persons who are eligible to be registered in both the Graduates' and Teachers' Constituencies should submit separate applications in Form 18 and Form 19 respectively.
Applications submitted in bulk will not be accepted. However, in the case of Graduates' Constituencies, one member of a family may submit Form 18 of other members of the same family and may get their certificates verified by producing original certificates in respect of each such member.
In the case of Teachers' Constituencies, Heads of the eligible educational institutions may send applications for teachers employed in their institutes in bulk enclosing separate applications in Form 19 from each teacher along with separate individual certificate.
