The district officials deputed for conducting caste census in their respective jurisdiction were directed to speed up execution of assigned works to ensure timely completion.
Dehradun district magistrate BVRC Purushottam issued this instruction while presiding over a meeting with them on Wednesday.
Purushottam said that based on caste census report, seats for reserved category will be allocated in the forthcoming Panchayat election in the district. The officers were directed to collect data about various castes’ population at the Panchayat, ward, block and district levels from 2011 census.He said that district development officer has been made nodal officer of this programme.
likewise, in rural areas, Sub divisional magistrate has been made nodal officer.
He also appointed officers at block level for the completion of this programme. The zonal officers are assigned two blocks each.
In each block, at least 10 supervisors have been appointed and they have been assigned to 200 houses in their respective jurisdiction. “Departmental action will be taken against those officials who fail to complete their assigned task within stipulated time," he added.