State Election Commissioner RN Senapati held a review meeting on Monday here in view of the forthcoming panchayat elections in early months next year.
The elections would held in five phases and for the purpose, he directed the district administration to get prepared to meet the requirements. In view of formation of 50 new panchayats in the district, he directed the Collector for completion of delimitation and restructuring.
The BDOs were asked to submit the stock position of ballot boxes and other equipment required for polls. The habitual offenders won’t be permitted to contest elections, he said.
For preparation of voter list, he directed the Collector to invite tender by June 20 and complete all related works by end of July. The BDOs would identify the sensitive and hyper sensitive booths. All the vacant posts in the rank of BDO and GPO will be filled, he said.
During preparation of voter list, the GPO, the VlW or any responsible officer would be present to ensure an infallible list. All the constructions made by the blocks and the SSA would be completed within next six months and the PD DRDA would monitor the progress. For conduct of free, fair and impartial elections, the district administration should take all measures, Senapati said.
District Collector Pramod Das said that whatever duty assigned to an officer, he/she must accomplish the same without any grumbling. ADM MM Pani, PD DRDA Uday Narayan Das , Sub Collector Sadar Ramchandra Palta, Sub Collector Nilgiri Dillip Parida , the BDOs, the municipality executive officers of all NACs and the GPOs were present.