Rule 21
To Give Information To Remove Repeated Name
(1) A voter whose name is registered in the Electoral Rolls of more than one Election Constituency or of more than one place in the same Election Constituency shall, for the purpose of maintaining his or her name only in the Electoral Rolls of one Election Constituency or place of his or her choice and removing his or her name from the Electoral Rolls of the other places, give information to the Assistant Name Registration Officer where his or her name is so repeated in the wards of the same Village Development Committee or Municipality, to the Chief Name Registration Officer, directly or through the Assistant Name Registration Officer where his or her name is so repeated in the wards of more than one Village Development Committee or Municipality, and to the Commission, directly or through the Chief Name Registration Officer in respect of inter-district, in the formal as referred to in Schedule-6, within the time mentioned in the programme .
(2) Where the name of any voter is included in the Electoral Rolls of the concerned Ward of any Village Development Committee or Municipality in one or more than one Election Constituency, any voter of the concerned Ward of the same Village Development Committee or Municipality may, for the purpose of removing repetition of name and maintaining only one name in the Electoral Rolls, make an application, accompanied by the reason for the same, to the Assistant Name Registration Officer where the name is so repeated in the wards of the same Village Development Committee or Municipality and to the Chief Name Registration Officer, where the name is so repeated in the wards of more than one Village Development Committee or Municipality, in the format as referred to in Schedule-9, within the time mentioned in the programme.
(3) Even though any information or application is not received pursuant to Sub-rule (1) or (2), where the omission receives information that the name of any voter is included in the Electoral Rolls of more than one Election Constituency or place, the Commission may give order to the concerned Name Registration Official to maintain the name of such voter in the Electoral Rolls of the Election Constituency or place where he or she resides permanently and remove the name of such voter from the Electoral Rolls of the other Election Constituency or place.
(2) Where the name of any voter is included in the Electoral Rolls of the concerned Ward of any Village Development Committee or Municipality in one or more than one Election Constituency, any voter of the concerned Ward of the same Village Development Committee or Municipality may, for the purpose of removing repetition of name and maintaining only one name in the Electoral Rolls, make an application, accompanied by the reason for the same, to the Assistant Name Registration Officer where the name is so repeated in the wards of the same Village Development Committee or Municipality and to the Chief Name Registration Officer, where the name is so repeated in the wards of more than one Village Development Committee or Municipality, in the format as referred to in Schedule-9, within the time mentioned in the programme.
(3) Even though any information or application is not received pursuant to Sub-rule (1) or (2), where the omission receives information that the name of any voter is included in the Electoral Rolls of more than one Election Constituency or place, the Commission may give order to the concerned Name Registration Official to maintain the name of such voter in the Electoral Rolls of the Election Constituency or place where he or she resides permanently and remove the name of such voter from the Electoral Rolls of the other Election Constituency or place.