(i) The officer so appointed may here the petitioner or his counsel and if he finds that the petition has no substance, reject the same without the issue of any notice of the opposite parties;
(ii) It shall not be necessary for the officer to record the evidence in full and he may maintain only a memorandum of evidence produced by the parties, before him;
(iii) If there is a sole petitioner and he dies or there is a sole respondent and he dies, the petition shall abate;
(iv) If the respondent against whom the petition is directed dies and the seat has not been claimed for any other candidate, the petition shall abate and
(v) An application not presented within time or unaccompanied by a receipt as provided in Rule 58 (1) may at any time be dismissed by the officer.
(a) declare a casual vacancy to have been created, or
(b) declare another candidate to have been duly elected, whichever course appears, in the particular circumstances of the case, to be appropriate and in either case may award costs at his discretion.
Section 60 • The Delhi Panchayat Raj Rules, 1959
60. Hearing the petition.
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