Section 25(8)(ii) in The Orissa Municipal Delimitation of Wards, Reservation of Seats and Conduct of Election Rules, 1994
(ii)Where more than one contesting independent candidates have indicated their choice for the same symbol, the Election Officer shall with due regard to the order of nomination papers received by him, allot the symbol, and any such candidate who dose not get the symbol of his choice, shall be allotted with another symbol specified in the said Appendix as may be decided by the Election Officer with due consideration of the choice of the candidate.