Section 41(8)(a) in Orissa Pani Panchayat Rules, 2003
(a)Every member present shall be supplied with a ballot paper duly authenticated by the Election Officer, who shall proceed one after another to the place set apart for the voting and secretly place the rubber stamp bearing arrow cross mark against nine candidates/symbols for whom he/she wishes to vote and then fold and deposit the ballot paper in the ballot box placed in the full view of the Election Officer.