The Government may, with a view to requisitioning any property under section 70

70D. Eviction from requisitioned premises D.

1. (1) Any person remaining in possession of any requisitioned premises in contravention of any order made under section 70-A may be summarily evicted from the premises by any officer empowered by the Government in this behalf.
2. (2) Any officer so empowered may, after giving to any woman not appearing in public, reasonable warning and facility to withdraw, remove or open any lock or bolt or break open any door of any building or do any other act necessary of effecting such eviction. 70E. Penalty for contravention of any order regarding requisitioning E. If any person contravenes any order made under section 70-A or section 70-C, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or with fine or with both. 70F. Delegation of powers of the Government F. The Government may, by notification in the *Telangana Gazette, and subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be specified therein, delegate to any officer or any authority all or any of the powers vested in them by sections 70-A to 70-D (both inclusive), and may, in like manner, withdraw any powers so delegated.] 70FF. Delegation of powers of the Commission 131[70-FF. The State Election Commissioner may by order in writing, delegate to any officer or authority in the State Government, either generally or as respects any particular matter or class of matters any powers of the Commission under this Act.] 70G. Appointment of Special Officer 132[70-G.
3. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, wherein the opinion of the Government it is not possible to hold the elections to the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of this Act, before the date of expiration of the term, and to bring the newly elected #[members] into office on the date of expiration of the term as aforesaid, 133[XXX] the Government may, by notification appoint a Special Officer to exercise the powers, perform the duties and discharge the functions of,-
   • (a) the Corporation,
   • (b) the Standing Committee, and
   • (c) the Commissioner, under the Act, for a period 134[which shall not exceed three and half years] from the date of such appointment: Provided that the State Government may, from time to time, by notification in the *Telangana Gazette and for reasons specified therein extend the said period of appointment of Special Officer 135[beyond three and half years], for a further period or periods so however that the period of appointment of the Special Officer shall not, 136[in the aggregate exceed eleven years].
4. (2) The State Government shall cause elections to be held to the Corporation under the principal Act, so that the newly elected #[members] may come into office on such date as may be specified by the State Government in this behalf by a notification, in the *Telangana Gazette: Provided that the State Government may, from time to time, advance or postpone the date specified under this sub-section and fix instead another date: Provided further that the date fixed under this sub-section shall be the date on which the appointment of the Special Officer expires.
5. (3) The Special Officer shall exercise the powers, perform the duties and discharge the functions of the Corporation until the elected #[members] come into office, of the Standing Committee until a Standing Committee is appointed by the Corporation, and of the Commissioner until a Commissioner is appointed by the State Government, as the case may be, and any such officer may, if the State Government so direct, receive remuneration for his service from the Municipal Fund.] 71. Election petition
6. (1) 137[XXX] No election held under this Act shall be called in question except by an election petition which shall be presented in such manner as may be prescribed.
7. (2) An Election petition calling in question any election may be presented on one or more of the grounds specified in clauses (i) and (ii) of section 79 and section 80 to the Election Tribunal by any candidate at such election or any voter, within two months from, but not earlier than the date of election of the returned candidate or if there are more than one returned candidate at the election and the dates of the election are different is the later of those two dates: 138[ Provided that the period from the date on which an election petition can be filed under this sub-section to the date of the constitution of an Election Tribuanl under section 75, shall be excluded for purpose of computing the period of two months under this sub-section.] 72. Parties to the petition A petitioner shall join as respondents to his petition,—
   • (a) where the petitioner claims a declaration under clause (b) of section 74, all the contesting candidates other than the petitioner and in any other case all the returned candidates; and
   • (b) any other candidates against whom allegations of any corrupt or illegal practice are made in the petition. 73. Contents of Petition
8. (1) An election petition-
   • (a) shall contain a concise statement of the material facts on which the petitioner relies;
   • (b) shall set forth full particulars of any corrupt or illegal practice that the petitioner alleges, including as full a statement as possible of the names of the parties alleged to have committed such corrupt or illegal practice and the date and place of the commission of each such practice; and
   • (c) shall be signed by the petitioner and verified in the manner laid down in the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 for the verification of pleadings.
9. (2) Any schedule or annexure to the petition shall also be signed by the petitioner and verified in the same manner as the petition. 74. Relief that may be claimed by the Petitioner A petitioner may claim any one of the following declarations:—
   • (a) that the election of the returned candidate is void;
   • (b) that the election of the returned candidate is void and that he himself or any other candidate has been duly elected;
   • (c) that the election as a whole is viod. 75. Election Tribunal 139[75.
10. (1) The Government may for the purpose of providing speedy disposal of election petitions in respect of an election under this Act, appoint any person who is or has been or is eligible to be appointed as a Judge of the High Court as an Election Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as the ―Tribunal‖) for such period as may be necessary, for trial of petitions in respect of an election under this Act: Provided that if there are only a limited number of such cases, the Government may, with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court, by notification specify a Court of District Judge to be an Election Tribunal to try the election petitions under this Act.
11. (2) The Tribunal shall deal with such petitions and proceedings in connection therewith in the manner prescribed.] 76. Powers of the Tribunal 77. Decision of the Tribunal 78. Other orders to be made by the Tribunal 79. Grounds for declaring election to be void 80. Grounds for which a candidate other than the returned candidate may be declared to have been elected 81. Procedure in case of an equality of votes 82. Communication of orders of the Tribunal and the transmission of the records of the case to the Commissioner 83. Appeal against order of the Tribunal 84. Orders of the Tribunal to be final and conclusive 85. Orders when to take effect 86. Reference to the Election Tribunal 87. Procedure when no member is elected 88. Provisions regulating the Corporation’s proceedings -1 89. Power to order withdrawal of Member 90. Election of Mayor and Deputy Mayor 90A. Resolution of disputes relating to cessation for disobedience of party whip 91. Deputy when to act as Mayor 91A. Motion of no confidence in Mayor/ Deputy Mayor 92. Resignations 93. Constitution of the Standing Committee 94. 95. 96. 97. Provisions regulating the proceedings of the Standing Committee 98. Special Committees of the Corporation 99. Appointment of Ad-hoc Committee [Error: