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Amarjot kaurTribune News ServiceChandigarh, August 27The official announcement of the PU student elections, which are slated for September 6, came this afternoon from the new Dean Student Welfare, Dr Jagat Bhushan. Announcing the schedule for the poll on the PU campus as well as in its affiliated colleges, Bhushan said the Lyngdoh Commission guidelines would now be applicable to the university. This time, over 12 student parties will be in the fray for student elections, contesting for the post of president, vice-president, secretary and joint secretary, along with five executive members. What’s there in the guidelinesFollowing Prof HS Sabharwal’s killing in Ujjain, on September 22, 2006, the Supreme Court ordered the implementation of the JM Lyngdoh committee report on student elections suggesting some major curbs. To check the use of big money in student politics, the maximum limit for spending by a student in election had been fixed at Rs 5,000..