Section 17(1) in The U.P. Shri Badrinath Temples Rules, 1940
(1)On the date and at the time fixed under Rule 11 (1)(d)), the Returning Officer shall scrutinize the ballot papers received on or before the date fixed, reject the invalid ones, count the valid ones, declare the result then and there and report it to the Secretary to Government in the Public Health Department as soon as possible. Only candidates and their proposers and seconders may be present at the time of the counting of votes.
