EC removes officer who cancelled candidate’s symbol

Subject :Polity

Context:

Recently, EC removes returning officer who nixed candidate’s symbol opposed by TRS

What is the issue:

The Election Commission replaced the returning officer in Telangana’s bypoll-boundMunugode Assembly constituency after he cancelled a candidate’s symbol—road roller,one of the symbols that the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi wanted disallowed over resemblance to its car symbol.
The commission took the action after Yuga Tulasi Party candidate Kolisetty Shiva Kumar approached it and a local court.

What the rule suggest:

As per rule 10(5) of the Conduct of Elections Rules, only the commission is empowered to revise allotted symbols.

What is Conduct of Election Rule:

The Conduct Election Rules,1961 came into force on the 25th April, 1961.
It ia Act to provide for the conduct of elections to the Houses of Parliament and to the Houses of the Legislature of each State,
It also deals with the qualifications and disqualifications for membership of those Houses, the corrupt practices and other offences at or in connection with such elections and the decision of doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with such elections.

Section 10 of the Conduct of the Election Rule deals with preparation of a list of contesting candidates.