The HNB Garhwal Central University — Pauri students’ union election will be held on September 9. With the announcement of election date, Pauri campus director also notified that the code of conduct for student union polls must be obeyed till the declaration of the election results.
Garhwal Central University Pauri campus director professor TP Pant told The Pioneer that the election process will start from Monday.
The nomination papers can be filed on September 2 and 3 and will be checked on September 3 after the nomination process is over. The nomination forms can be withdrawn on September 4 while the polling of votes will be conducted from 8.30 am to 12 pm on September 9 after which the counting of votes will start from 1.30 pm and the result will be declared after counting on the same day.
Pant said that Prof AK Dobriyal has been appointed as the chief election officer while Dr Piyush Sinha and Dr PP Badoni will assist him as assistant election officers, Prof Sunil Kumar will act as observer for election process and Dr BS Telli will be the counting observer. Prof Pant said that the election of all constituent colleges in Pauri, Tehri and Srinagar will be held on September 9 to avoid disturbance by outsiders.
The election of Pauri campus students’ union will be held for the post of president, vice president, secretary, joint secretary, university representative, treasurer, and six members of executive committee.Chief Election officer AK Dobriyal stressed that the lyngdoh committee recommendations 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 recommendations. Every candidate filing nomination will be given a copy of code of conduct and rules based on the lyngdoh committee recommendations. More than 1200 students will exercise their franchise in the students’ union election in the Pauri campus.