interested candidate, while submitting nomination paper, must submit it, duly completed in Form II, and must comply with every condition as stipulated in these provisions. Section 33(5) of the R.P. Act, 1951 requires that, an interested candidate should also submit a copy of the electoral roll of a different constituency in which his or her name finds place in the electoral roll of that constituency. This provision, as it can be seen, is in pari materia with provision of Rule 14(5) of the Z.P. & P.S. Rules, 1962. These provisions mandatorily lay down a similar requirement as those of Section 33(5) of the R.P. Act, 1951. Rule 19(2)(c) of the Z.P. & P.S. Rules, 1962 lays down that, a nomination paper is liable to be rejected by the Returning Officer if there is a failure to comply with any of the provisions of Rule 14. In other words, compliance with the provisions of Rule 14(5) is mandatory and there is no escape from it. Now the question would be, in what situation this mandatory requirement of submitting a copy of the voters list of a different constituency at the time of filing of a nomination paper for being elected as a Councilor from another place, would be applicable? This question fell for consideration of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Baburao Vs. Manikrao & anr. reported in AIR 1999 SC 2028(1) . The Hon'ble Apex Court, considering the provisions of Section 33(5) of the R.P.A. Act, 1951, answered the question in terms that, this requirement
