The students’ union election at HNB Garhwal Central University Pauri campus will be held on August 26. With the announcement of the election date, the Pauri campus director notified that the code of conduct has been enforced and it would remain so till the result is declared.
Garhwal Central University Pauri campus director Prof AK Dobriyal said that the election process had started from Tuesday. The date for filling nomination is August 18 and 19 and they will be scrutinised on August 19 after the nomination process is over. Nomination can be withdrawn on August 20 while the students would go to ballots from 8.30 am to 12.30 pm on August 26. After the polling is over counting would be taken up the same day, he added.
Dobriyal further said that K C Purohit is acting as the chief election officer and Arun Singh Rawat is assisting him as assistant election officer. He added that the students of all the constituent colleges based in Pauri, Tehri and Srinagar of Garhwal Central University will go to ballots the same day- August 26- to avoid likely disturbances by outsiders.
The election of Pauri campus student’s union will be held for the posts of president, vice- president, secretary, joint secretary, university representative, treasurer, and six members of executive committee.
Chief election officer K C Purohit stressed that the lyngdoh committee recommendation will be strictly implemented in the student’s union election to prevent any anomalies.
Any candidate contesting the election will be disqualified from the election if found violating the recommendation. Every candidate filing nomination will be given a copy of code of conduct and rules based on the lyngdoh committee recommendation. He further said that only two candidates had filed nominations on the first day. While Ankit Tariyal filed nomination for the post of university representative Rajat Bisht for the post of secretary, he added.