702 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
the scrutiny of the nomination papers took place within four days of the passing of the order. The copy of the order shall accompany the petition of appeal if obtained or may be filed before the appeal is heard.
(2) The District Judge shall follow the procedure prescribed for hearing the appeals in the Code of Civil Procedure Act of
1908 and pass his final orders within fifteen days of the date of order cither accepting or rejecting the nomination paper.
(3) The District Judge shall forthwith send a copy of his order to the Returning Officer who shall immediately publish the same as prescribed under section 36.
(4) The decision of the District Judge shall be final and shall not be questioned subsequently by any election petition or otherwise.”
In the original Bill this was the proposal of Dr. Ambedkar himself that so far as nomination is concerned it ought to be finalised and no election to petition should be allowed on the basis that at the time of nomination no proper order of acceptance or rejection was made. This is in keeping with the general sense of the House also. All the Members perhaps without exception want this, so that after the polling takes place and a person goes through the election no question may arise when the nomination may again be questioned. Before so many expenses are incurred and everything is gone through we should see that the nomination is finalised. I have therefore given a set of rules under clause 34A whereby the nomination may be finalised and there may be no election petition in regard to the proper acceptance or rejection of a nomination.
Dr. Ambedkar : I am very sorry that I have to oppose this amendment. As my friend, Pandit Bhargava said, it was I who first set in motion the idea of dividing the election into two parts, one relating to nomination and the other relating to actual poll. The Select Committee, however, without considering the matter came to the conclusion that that procedure should not be adopted. They found that there may not be sufficient time for a candidate whose nomination has been challenged on the ground that he is disqualified to produce evidence within the stated time in order to get a decision in his favour. At this very meeting, I think, Members will remember that the Chief Election Commissioner was