Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Monday issued instructions to ensure that those officer or employee, who had been shifted from any constituency on the basis of complaint in the year 2012 and 2014, must not be placed in the same district wherein a complaint against him or her had been received.
The communiqué has been forwarded to all the Financial Commissioners, Administrative Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, Heads of the departments, Managing Directors and Chairpersons of the Boards or Corporations, Divisional Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners.
CEO informed that during the previous elections, complaints had been received against some officers or officials alleging them playing biased role in favour of a particular candidate or party.
He said that after the investigation, the Election Commission has transferred such officers or employees found indulged in such unethical practices.
Now, the Election Commission is closely monitoring every aspect of election paraphernalia to ensure free and fair conduct of general election of Punjab Vidhan Sabha in 2017, he said.
Election Commission further directed that during the general transfer period of 2016, the instructions of the Election Commission of India must also be adhered to and any officer, who had completed consecutive three years of service in the last four years in a particular district must be transferred out to another district.