Q. Who is appointed as the Returning Officer/Assistant Returning Officer for the election to the Office of President of India?
Answer:
Secretary General, Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha
Notes: By convention, the Secretary General, Lok Sabha or the Secretary General, Rajya Sabha is appointed as the Returning Officer, by rotation. Two other senior officers of the Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha Secretariat and the Secretaries and one more senior officer of Legislative Assemblies of all States including NCT of Delhi and Union Territory of Puducherry, are also appointed as the Assistant Returning Officers. The Election Commission of India makes such appointments. For the Presidential Election, 2017 the Secretary General Lok Sabha was the Returning Officer.