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Booth-level officers distributing enumeration forms to voters arsenic portion of SIR workout successful Puducherry. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
The Election Commission of India connected Tuesday commenced the month-long Special Intensive Revision arsenic portion of its workout to clean-up electoral rolls successful Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam regions of the Union Territory. Puducherry is among the 12 States and Union Territories included successful the latest workout aft the Commission took up SIR successful the State of Bihar.
“As portion of the archetypal signifier of SIR successful the Union Territory, the Booth Level Officers, comprising 962 authorities employees, started their house-to-house visits successful each 30 Assembly constituencies connected Tuesday for organisation of enumeration forms. The organisation of enumeration forms volition proceed for the adjacent 2 to 3 days successful each 962 booths successful the Union Territory,” said an predetermination official.
Each BLO volition screen 250 to 300 households 3 times during the enumeration exercise. The location to location enumeration process volition spell connected till December 4 and the draught electoral rolls volition beryllium published connected December 9.
On the petition of the Chief Electoral Officer, Puducherry, P. Jawahar, the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms has issued an bid divesting 8 elder officers belonging to the IAS and PCS cadre of their further charges to alteration them discharge responsibilities arsenic Electoral Registration Officer (ERO).
The EROs, who are Sub Divisional Magistrate-level officers, volition beryllium liable for mentation and publishing of draught and last electoral rolls. The EROs are besides entrusted with the work to be claims and objections connected electoral rolls.
