Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) [Every officer designated under section 181 shall forward the claims and objections presented before him to the Electoral Registration officer with such remarks as he considers proper after having a preliminary inquiry. (2) If the Electoral Registration Officer is satisfied as to the validity of any claim or objection, he may allow it without further inquiry, provided there is no demand in writing for holding an inquiry in the matter. (3) Where the claim or objection is not disposed of under Sub- section (2) above, the Electoral Registration Officer shall fix the place, date and time of hearing claims and objections and shall give notice of hearing---- (a) in the case of claim, to the claimant in the form as may be prescribed by the State Election Commissioner; (b) in the case of an objection to the inclusion of a name, to the objector and to the person objected to, in the forms as may be prescribed by the State Election Commissioner; and (c) in the case of an objection to a particular or particulars in any entry, to the objector in the form as may be prescribed by the State Election Commissioner. (4) Notice under Sub-section (3) may be given either personally or by registered post or by affixing it to the person’s residence or last known residence within the constituency. (5) On the date fixed for the hearing or to which the hearing may be adjourned the Electoral Registration Officer shall hold a summary inquiry into the claims, or, as the case may be, objections, and after considering evidence as may be adduced shall 1 Section 181 have been Substituted by The Tripura Panchayat (Second Amendment) Act, 1998 Procedure for disposal of claims and objections 136 pass orders either allowing or disallowing the claims or, as the case may be the objections.]1