j. Validation of Survey Plan by the Community. The Geodetic Engineer or any member of the survey team, with the assistance of the PDT/CDT shall present the survey plan to the applicant community/clan/family and adjacent community/ies for validation. The applicant community/clan/family may invite a resource person who can assist them in analyzing the survey plan, if they so desire. Any expressed doubts or comments shall be addressed and documented. If corrections are to be made, the Geodetic Engineer shall cause the rectification and subject the survey plan for revalidation by the community/clan/family before its finalization. The council of leaders/elders, or in their absence, the representative/s of the applicant community/clan/family shall affix their signatures/thumb-marks on the plan as confirmation. The conformity of the elders/leaders/authorized representative of the adjacent community shall be inscribed in a separate document. k. Submission/Transmittal of Survey Returns. All survey returns shall be transmitted by the Geodetic Engineer to ADO within forty-five (45) days from the termination of the community map validation. The Geodetic Engineer shall submit electronic files of survey data, computation results, and final plan to ADO and ensure that all survey returns are properly authenticated, accompanied by a project completion report prepared by the Geodetic Engineer following the prescribed form. l. Evaluation/Verification of Survey Returns.The ADO shall verify the survey returns transmitted by the survey team/geodetic engineer, which process includes: a. Preliminary evaluation through the checking of the completeness of the survey returns b. Recording and receiving of survey returns by assigning survey numbers c. Initial projection of the survey plan to determine any overlap between the subject area and the adjoining ancestral domains/land d. Checking the correctness of computations and preparation survey returns e. Final projection of the verified survey f. Endorsement/recommendation to ADO Director for approval of the survey plan The verification by examination of the survey returns shall determine the completeness and/or correctness of the following in accordance with specifications prescribed herein: a. b. c. d. Position derivation: solar/stellar observations, GPS observations Computation sheets, including field notes Cartographic standards in the preparation of the survey plan NAMRIA certification of equipment calibration and GPS data evaluation, in cases where GPS equipment was used e. Preparation of supporting documents that forms part of the survey returns Upon verification, should it be discovered that error was committed in the preparation of the survey returns, the concerned geodetic engineer shall be directed to cause the correction or rectification of the same. The ADO may remand survey returns based on the following reasons, but not limited to: 1. Lack of evidence or documents showing the resolution of boundary conflicts, if there be any; and 2. Upon complaint of ICCs/IPs concerned and sufficient evidence showing that the results of the delineation do not actually reflect the area being applied for, or the survey was attended by fraud, force, intimidation, threats, deceit or stealth. m. Publication of the Technical Description. The verified technical description shall be published in accordance with Part I, Rule IV, Section 20, of this Rules. n. Protest after Publication/Broadcast/Posting. Any protest on the survey shall be governed by Part I, Rule IV, Sections 34 to 35 of this Rules. o. Approval of Survey. The ADO Director, upon the recommendation of the Chief of the Recognition Division, shall approve the submitted survey returns after compliance with all requirements. Page 20 of 26 Revised Omnibus Rules on Delineation and Recognition of Ancestral Domains and Lands of 2012