Section 16 in Rajasthan Farmers' Participation in Management of Irrigation System rules, 2002
16. Appointment of Election Officer, Assistant Election Officer and their duties.
(1)For every election to fill the seats of member of Managing Committee and President of Water Users' Association and the Distributary Committee and for the office of the chairperson and member of the Managing Committee of the Project Committee, the Project Authority shall appoint by order a n officer as an Election officer.(2)The project Election Authority may appoint one or more persons as Assistant Election Officers to assist the Election Officer :provided that every such person shall be an employee of the State Government.(3)Every Assistant Election Officer shall, subject to the control of the Election officer, be competent to perform all or any of the functions of the Election officer:Provided that no Assistant Election Officer shall perform any function of the Election Officer which relate to the scrutiny of nominations unless the Election Officer is unavoidably prevented from performing the said function.(4)It shall be the general duty of the Election Officer at any election to do all such acts and things as may be necessary for conducting election in The manner provided under the Act and the rules or orders made there under.CHAPTER-V Election of Members of the Managing Committee and President of the Water Users' Association
