Returning officers of various districts under Chambal, Gwalior, Rewa, Jabalpur and Sagar divisions were imparted point-wise training pertaining to the ensuing Panchayat elections at State Election Commission here on Thursday.
Deputy Secretary Deepak Saxena informed about EVMs’ functioning and randomisation and said that EVMs will be used for election of district and Janpad presidents and ballot papers for panch-sarpanch.
Deputy Secretary Girish Sharma informed about law and order, vulnerable mapping, communication plan and model code of conduct and about various Acts and rules applicable during enforcement of model code of conduct.
Sharma asked the returning officers to minutely study election rules and procedures to avoid difficulties in enforcing electoral processes. Sharma said that action should be ensured as per checklist.
Deputy Secretaries Buddhesh Vaidya and Sheela Dahima informed about managements of electioneering material and implementation of voter awareness programme.
Sanjay Dixit and Piyush Bhatnagar informed about EVMs’ functioning. Accounts Officer Pradeep Shukla informed about nomination process. Ajay Kale and Sameera Naeem informed about election duty certificate, polling and counting processes. Similar training will be imparted to remaining districts’ returning officers on December 12, 13 and 15.
Reservation
Meanwhile, process to reserve posts in district Panchayat for general elections 2014-15 will be undertaken at 11 am on December 12 at the auditorium of Water and land Management Institute (WAlMI), Kolar Road, Bhopal. Posts will be reserved in all 51 district Panchayats for candidates belonging to SC, ST and OBC and 50 per cent in all categories for women candidates.
District Panchayat President’s posts will be reserved in proportion to total population of scheduled castes and tribes in rural areas of the state. For other backward classes, 25 per cent posts in 51 district Panchayats will be reserved.
Out of district Panchayat President’s post reserved for SC, ST and OBC, 50 percent will be reserved for women through draw of a lot and remaining will be unreserved. Similarly, half places in unreserved Panchayats will also be reserved for women candidates.