Appointment of Returning Officer

For filling the places of members of the Management Committee and President of the Water Users Association and Distributary Committee, and for each election to the post of Chairperson and member of the Management Committee of the Project Committee, the District Election Authority shall, by order, designate or nominate an officer as the Returning Officer, who shall, as far as possible, be a gazetted officer of the State Government or an officer of any local authority who is not of a rank lower than that of a Tehsildar.