Section 77 in The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Conduct of Elections) Rules, 2018
77. Safeguard against personation.
(1)Every elector about whose identity the Presiding Officer or the polling officer, as the case may be, is satisfied, shall allow his left forefinger to be inspected by the Presiding Officer or polling officer and an indelible ink mark to be put on it.(2)If any elector; -(a)refuse to allow his left forefinger to be inspected or marked in accordance with sub-rule (1) or has already such a mark on his left forefinger or does any act with a view to removing the ink mark, or(b)fails or refuses to produce his identity card or such other document as specified by order of State Election Commission under sub-rule (3) of Rule 41, he shall not be allowed to vote.(3)Any reference in this rule to the left forefinger of an elector shall, in the case where the elector has his left forefinger missing, he construed as a reference to any other finger to his left hand, and shall, in the case where all the fingers of his left hand are missing, be construed as a reference to the forefinger or any other finger of both the hands are missing be construed as a reference to such extremity of his left or right arm as he possesses.
