Section 8(2) in Gujarat Metropolitan Planning Committees Rules, 2016
(2)Every Assistant Returning Officer shall, subject to such control and restriction as may be imposed by the Returning Officer, be competent to perform all or any of the functions of the Returning Officer:.Provided that no Assistant Returning Officer shall perform any of the functions of the Returning Officer, which relates to the scrutiny of nomination papers unless the Returning Officer is, due to unavoidable reasons, prevented from performing the said functions.
