Section 28(2) in The Orissa Municipal Corporation (Division of City into Wards, Reservation of Seats, and Conduct of Election) Rules, 2003
(2)The Election Officer shall then examine the nomination papers and shall decide all objections which may be made at the time, to any nominations and may, either on such objections or on his own motion after such summary enquiry, if any, as he thinks necessary, reject any nomination on any of the following grounds :(i)that the candidate is ineligible for contesting election under Section 66 and 70 of the Ordinance;(ii)that the candidate is unable to produce an affidavit from the Competent Authority to the effect that he has not more than one spouse living, and not more than two children;(iii)that the proposer or seconder is a person whose name is not registered on the electoral roll for the ward of the Corporation;(iv)that there has been any failure on the part of the candidate or his proposer or seconder to comply with any of the provisions of rule 24 or 26; or(v)that in case the election is solely for a seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes or Scheduled Castes or for women or for the backward class of citizens, the candidate does not belong to the Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes or woman or to the backward class of citizens, as the case may be. In the case of member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or backward class of citizens, the candidate is to prove himself to be a member of such Caste/Tribe/Backward class of citizens by producing a certificate to that effect from the competent authority before the Election Officer.
