ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 (31 of 1952), the Election Commission of India, in consultation with the Central Government, hereby appoints the Secretary General, Lok Sabha, Parliament House, New Delhi, to be the Returning Officer for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2022.

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: FORM - 5: The list of the contesting candidates in Form-5 as received from the Returning Officer for Presidential Election 2022 is republished for the information of general public.

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: Presidential and Vice-Presidential Elections Act, 1952 (31 of 1952), the Election Commission of India is required to so appoint the dates for the election to fill the office of the Vice-President of India that the election will be completed at such time as will enable the Vice-President thereby elected to enter upon his office on the 11th day of August, 2022.

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: The Notification No. 479/16/2022, dated 05-07-2022 of the Election Commission of India in connection with the counting of votes for the Presidential Election, 2022 is republished for the information of the public.

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION: NOTIFICATION: State Election Commissioner, Puducherry, hereby designates the Returning Officer of the Government of Puducherry, specified in Column (3) of the Table below as the Returning Officer of all Municipal Wards of the Municipality.

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION: NOTIFICATION: State Election Commissioner, Puducherry, hereby designates the Returning Officers of the Government of Puducherry, specified in Column (5) as the Returning Offiecr for conducting Election of Council Members of Commune Panchayat Councils, Presidents and Members of Village Panchayats from the Commune Panchayat Wards, Village Panchayat Wards and Village Panchayats.

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC NOTICE: The Public Notice, dated 05-07-2022 of the Returning Officer for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2022 is republished for the information of general public..

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT: ORDER: Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, hereby prorogue the second session of the 15th Legislative Assembly, which was adjourned sine die on 30th March, 2022.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT (WAYS AND MEANS): NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor as Administrator of the Union territory of Puducherry, hereby notifies the Reissue of 7.65% Puducherry SDL 2032 issued on March 29, 2017 for an aggregate amount of ` 100 crore (Rupees one hundred crore only).

KARAIKAL MUNICIPALITY: NOTIFICATION: Puducherry Municipal Councils (Conduct of Election of Councillors) Rules, 1974, read with the Puducherry Municipal Councils (Election of Chairman) Rules, 1996, the Returning Officer of Karaikal Municipal Wards hereby provides for Municipal Wards, with the previous approval of the State Election Commissioner.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT: NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, hereby exempts the Canteen Stores Department (CSD) Canteen(s) functioning in the Union territory of Puducherry from payment of the additional excise duty for a period of five years.

DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT: NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is hereby conveyed for the grant of a fresh FL. l. Wholesale licence to run a Unit Run Canteen at Indian Coast Guard Station, Karaikal.

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: The Notification No. 479/2022(1), dated 11-07-2022 of the Election Commission of India in connection with the extension of time limit for exercising option by the Members of Electoral College to Vote for the Presidential Election in the places other than alloted place notified vide Notification No. 479/2022(1), dated 15-06-2022, is republished.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (POWER) DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is pleased to declare the Electricity Department of the Government of Puducherry, as a “Public Utility Service” for a further period of six months from 19-07-2022 to 18-01-2023, in the exigencies of public interest.

COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017), the Commissioner of State Tax, Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby exempts the registered person whose aggregate turnover in the financial year 2021-2022.

COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017), the Commissioner of State Tax, Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby exempts the registered person whose aggregate turnover in the financial year 2021-2022.

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT: NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 11/2017-Puducherry GST (Rate), dated 29th June, 2017.

COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 26, dated 31st March, 2019 published in the Gazette of Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No.21, dated 31st March, 2019.

HOME DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: National Security Act, 1980 (Central Act 65 of 1980), the Government of Puducherry, hereby extends the powers conferred in the said sub-section for a further period of three months from 28th June, 2022.

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is hereby conveyed for hiring of Motor Vehicles by the Puducherry Tourism Development Corporation Limited (PTDC) [a Government of Puducherry undertaking], Puducherry, as per the approved rates, enclosed in the Annexure–I, for use by various Government Departments/Corporations/ Boards, etc., in the Union Territory.

STATE ELECTION COMMISSION: NOTIFICATION: State Election Commissioner, Puducherry, hereby designates the Assistant Returning Officers, as specified in Column (3) as against the officers specified in Column (4), for conducting Election of Members of Commune Panchayat Councils and Presidents and Members of Village Panchayats.

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: FORM - 5: The list of contesting candidates, in Form-5 as received from the Returning Officer for Vice-Presidential Election 2022, is republished for the information of general public.

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT: NOTIFICATION: Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 34, dated the 5th August, 2019, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No. 129.

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SECRETARIAT: ORDER: Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry, hereby summon the Legislative Assembly to meet at the Assembly Hall on Wednesday, the 10th August, 2022 at 09.30 hours.

ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT: NOTIFICATION: The Notification of Election Commission of India regarding counting of votes for the Vice-Presidential Election, 2022 is republished for the information of general public.

SUBDIVISIONAL MAGISTRATE (NORTH): ORDER: M.C. No. 99/2022 of I.R.No. 11/2022 under section 144 of Cr.P.C./1973.