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by Manjula Fernando

The political parties and independent groups that had their local government polls nomination lists rejected by the returning officer can seek legal redress Elections Department official sources said yesterday.

At 1997 Local Government Polls, several parties managed to obtain a court order to revoke the Elections Department decision to reject their nominations lists. The sources said that Department could not do anything for the rejected lists as the action has been taken in accordance with the Local Bodies Elections Act.

Ten per cent of all nomination lists (148) submitted by some independent groups and political parties were rejected by the Department for not conforming to the rules and regulations stipulated in the Act. Some have been rejected due to the absence of the party Secretary's signature while some due to discrepancies in the birth certificate which was required to prove the candidate's age.

Among the rejected lists are UNP 13, PA 7, EPDP-6, SLMC 5, JVP 2, NLF 4, Liberal Party 3 and SU 3. 

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