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Improper acceptance, It would have been an im-proper acceptance, if the want of qualification was apparent on the electoral roll itself or on the face of the nomination paper and the Returning Officer overlooked that defect or if any objection was raised and enquiry made as to the absence of qualification in the candidate and the Returning Officer came to a wrong conclusion on the material placed before him, Durga Shanker Mehta v. Raghuraj Singh, AIR 1954 SC 520 (524): (1955) 1 SCR 267. [Representation of the People Act, 1951, s. 100(1) (c)]