ANNEXURE-21

Serial Number of the Candidate in Summary Report of the DEO_________________

Name of the State _____________________ District _____________________
Election___________

DEO’S SCRUTINY REPORT ON ELECTION EXPENSES OF THE CANDIDATE

UNDER RULE 89 OF C.E.RULES,1961
Sl. No. Description To be filled up by the DEO
1 Name & Address of the Candidate
2 Political Party affiliation, if any
3 No. an Name of assembly /Parliamentary
Constituency
4 Name of the elected Candidate
5 Date of declaration of result
6 Date of Account Reconciliation Meeting
7 (i) Whether the Candidate or his agent had been (i) Yes/No
informed about the date of Account
Reconciliation meeting in writing.
(ii) Whether he or his agent has attended the (ii) Yes/No
meeting
8 Whether all the defects reconciled by the Yes/No
candidate after Account Reconciliation
Meeting (Yes or No).
(If not , defects that could not be reconciled be
shown in Coloumn No. 19)
9 Last date prescribed for lodging Account
10 Whether the Candidate has lodge the account Yes/No
11 If the Candidate has lodge the account, date of
lodging of account by the candidate.
(i) Original account.
(ii) Revised account after the Account
Reconciliation meeting.
12 Whether account lodge in time Yes/No
12A If not lodged in time, period of delay ……. Days
13 If account not lodged or not lodged in time, Yes/No
whether DEO called for explanation from the
Candidate.
If not , reason thereof.
14 Explanation , if any, given by the Candidate
14A Comments of the DEO on the explanation if
any, of the candidate
15 Grand Total of all election expenses reported
by the Candidate in Part-II of the Abstract Rs……………….
Statement
 16 Whether in the DEO’s opinion , the account of Yes/No
election expenses of the Candidate has been
lodged in the manner required by the R.P.Act,
1951 and C.E. Rules, 1961
If No, then please mention the following defects
with details
(i) Whether Election Expenditure Register Yes/No
Comprising of Day to Day Account Register,
Cash Register, Bank Register, Abstract Statement
has been lodged
(ii) Whether duly sworn in affidavit has been Yes/No
17 submitted by candidate
(iii) Whether requisite vouchers in respect of Yes/No
items of election expenditure submitted
(iv) Whether separate Bank Account Opened for Yes/No
election
(v) Whether all expenditure (except petty Yes/No
expenditure) routed through bank account
18 (i) Whether the DEO had issued a notice to the Yes/No
Candidate for rectifying the defect
(ii) Whether the Candidate rectified the defect Yes/No
(iii) Comments of the DEO on the above, i.e whether
the defect was rectified or not
19 Whether the items of election expenses reported by Yes/No
the Candidate correspond with the expenses shown
in the Shadow Observation Register and Folder of
Evidence.
If No, then mention the following
Items of Date Page No. of Mention Amount as Amount
expenditure Shadow amount as per per the understated
Observation the shadow account by the
register observation submitted Candidate
Register/Folder by the
of evidence Candidate
i.
ii,iii…

Total

20 Did the candidate produce his Register of Yes/No

Accounting Election Expenditure for inspection by
the Observer/Ro/Authorised person 3 times during
campaign period
21 If DEO does not agree with the facts mentioned
against Row No. 19 referred to above, give the
following details:
(i) Were the defects noticed by DEO brought to the Yes/No
notice of the candidate during campaign period
or during the Account Reconciliation Meeting.
 (ii) If yes, then annexe copies of all the notices
issued relating to discrepancies with English
translation ( If it is in regional language) and
mention the date of notice.
(iii) Did the candidate give any reply to the notice? Yes/No
(iv) If yes, please Annex copies of such explanation
received, ( with English translation of the same,
if it is in regional language) and mention date of
reply.
(v) DEO’s comments /Observations on the
candidate’s explanation
22 Whether the DEO agrees that the expenses are Yes/No
correctly reported by the candidate.
(Should be similar to Coloumn No. 8 of Summary Report of DEO)

Date: Signature
(Name of The DEO)

23. Comments, If any, by the Expenditure Observer*-

Date : Signature of the Expenditure Observer

*If the Expenditure Observer has some more facts that have been covered in the DEO’s
report, he may annex note to that effect.
**The DEO scrutiny report is to be compiled by the CEO and forwarded to the Commission.
If the CEO feels like giving additional comments, he or she may forward the comments
separately.
SUMMARY REPORT OF DEO FOR EACH CONSTIUENCY ON LODGING OF ELECTION EXPENSES ACCOUNTS BY CANDIDATES

(a) No. and Name of Assembly / Parliamentary Constituency: (b) Total No. of Contesting Candidate:
(c) State and District : (d) Date of declaration of result of election/bye-election :
(e) Last date of lodging accounts : (f) Name of the elected candidate :

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sl. Name of Due Date of Whether Whether Grand Whether Total expenses Total expenses incurred Remarks of
No the date of lodging of lodged in Lodged Total of the DEO incurred by the by others/ entities as the
Candidate lodging accounts the in the the agrees with Party ( As reported reported in Part-III of expenditure
and Party of by the prescribed manner expenses the amount in Part-III of abstract statement Observer
affiliation account Candidate format required incurred/ shown by abstract statement)
(Yes/No) by law authorised the Lump Grand Lump Sum Grand
(Yes/No) by the Candidate sum total of amount in total of
Candidate against all amount other cash/chequ other
/agent (as items of in cash expenses e given to expenses
mentioned expenditur or in kind the in kind
in part-II e ( Should cheque by the candidate incurred
of be similar given to Political ( and for the
Abstract to point no. candidate Party mention candidate
Statement) 22 of by each names of
DEO’s political donors)
Scrutiny party
report i.e
Annexure-
21)
Signature of the DEO