Section 8 in The Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996
8. Appointment of dates of nomination etc.
- As soon as the notification calling upon the Panchayat Halqas to elect Sarpanches and Panches is issued, the Election Authority shall, by notification in the Government Gazette, appoint (a)the last date for making nominations, [which shall not be a date not later than] [Substituted for the words 'which shall be' by SRO 391 dated 27-10-2000.] the seventh day after the date of publication of the first mentioned notification or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday ;(b)the date for the scrutiny of nominations, which shall be the day immediately following the last date for making nominations or, if that day is a public holiday, the next succeeding day which is not a public holiday ;(c)the last date for the withdrawal of candidatures, within shall be the second day after the date for the scrutiny of nominations or, if that day is a public holiday. The next succeeding day which is not a public holiday ;(d)the day or dates on which a pool shall, if necessary, be taken which or the first of which shall be a date not later than the thirty-fifth day after the last date for withdrawal of candidatures ; and(e)the date before which the election shall be completed.
