ECI Issues Orders Over Posting And Transfer Of Officials In 5 Poll Bound States

Ahead of the elections in the five poll bound states, the Election Commission of India (ECI) issued notices.

On the 12th of June, the EC has directed the chief secretaries of Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana to transfer the officials. The orders has been given to transfer officials directly connected with elections who are posted in their home districts and those who have spent three of the last four years in one district.

In a letter addressed to the chief secretaries of the five states, the poll panel has reminded them that while the term of the Mizoram Assembly ends on the 17th of December, the terms of the Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana assemblies end on different dates in January next year.

The commission said it has been following a "consistent policy" that officers directly connected with the conduct of elections in a poll-bound state or Union Territory are not posted in their home districts or places where they have served for a considerably long period.