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On the directions of the Election Commission of India, the Tamil Nadu authorities has constituted a Screening Committee for scrutinising the Model Code of Conduct references to beryllium sent to the Commission. The Chief Secretary would beryllium the chairperson of the Committee and Public Secretary and Secretary of the respective Department are the members.
“Any connection which needs the Election Commission of India’s support connected Model Code of Conduct related issues should beryllium sent to the Screening Committee successful circulation. After the support of the Screening Committee, the file/proposal whitethorn beryllium sent to the Chief Electoral Officer of the Public (Elections) Department for clearance of the Election Commission of India,” a G.O. issued successful this respect said.
As and erstwhile the necessity arises, the Screening Committee would conscionable to discuss the issues. All the Departments successful the Secretariat were instructed to travel the directions volition the MCC remained successful force. As per 4.2.6 of the Manual connected Model Code of Conduct, proposals that needed the support of the ECI nether the MCC should invariably beryllium examined by the Screening Committee.
“The Chief Electoral Officer would guardant lone specified connection which person been cleared by the Screening Committee, with his circumstantial comments to the Election Commission. “The acrophobic section shall nonstop the archetypal record to bureau of the Chief Electoral Officer but lone a self-contained notation beryllium sent done the Screening Committee. Chief Electoral Officers shall not nonstop immoderate notation to the Election Commission successful cases wherever wide chopped instructions beryllium to woody with,” according to 4.2.6 of the Manual connected Model Code of Conduct.
