DW BUREAU / chandigarh Haryana State Election Commission Dhanpat Singh has directed the Power and Cooperation Department to issue No Dues Certificates (NDC) to the candidates at the earliest. As per the directions, the Commission has said that NDC can be withheld only if there are any dues against the candidate. Furthermore, if there is any due against any family members of the candidates, then the NDC of such candidates should not be withheld because of this. Divulging more details in this regard, Dhanpat Singh said that a letter has been written today to the Additional Chief Secretary, Cooperative Department, Additional Chief Secretary, Power Department, Managing Director, Haryana State Agriculture and Rural Development Bank, Managing Director, UHBVN and DHBVN, Registrar of Co-operative Societies to issue NDC at the earliest. No antecedent or character verification is required to be issued to the candidates seeking to contest elections. Dhanpat Singh said that a letter has also been written to the Director General of Police, Sh. PK Agarwal that no requirement of submitting any antecedent, character verification or No objection Certificate from local police is required to be issued to the candidates seeking to contest elections. The contesting candidates are required to submit self-attested details of pending criminal cases and conviction cases with the nomination form in Form 44. No need to FOR domicile certificate Dhanpat Singh said that the candidates of Panch, Sarpanch, Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad members are not required to submit domicile certificates. Whoever is contesting the election, only his name is required to be registered in the voter list of the concerned Panchayat, Panchayat Samiti and Zilla Parishad. Sh. Dhanpat Singh appealed to the contesting candidates to follow the instructions issued by the State Election Commission and not to pay heed to rumours. Scrutiny on October 20 CHANDIGARH Haryana State Election Commissioner, Dhanpat Singh said that October 19 is the last day for filing the nominations for the first phase of elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). The candidates can submit their candidature till 3 pm. After this, the scrutiny of nominations will be done on October 20. Dhanpat Singh said that the candidates contesting in the first phase can withdraw their nomination till 3 pm on October 21. On the same day after the withdrawal of nomination, election symbols will be allotted and the final list of candidates will be issued. He said that on October 30, voting for the Members of Zila Parishads and Panchayat Samitis will be held. /DW/ (editor@dailyworld.in)