With completion of the elections for different civic bodies, the State is now gearing up for conducting Panchayat polls. Reviewing the preparations for the upcoming panchayat polls, State Election Commissioner Harish Chandra Joshi said that notification for the panchayat elections may be issued by third week of July.
The panchayat elections will be held across the State as per the 2011 census and that is why name of all the voters must be enrolled properly in the voter list, Joshi asked the officials concerned here on Tuesday. At the same time, he also maintained that the number of voters in the voter list of the State Election Commission, the lok Sabha voter list and the area voter list should be same.
And more importantly, to ensure enrollment of name of each voters, the voter lists must be crosschecked, he added. During the meeting he also stated that respective SDMs and BDOs must verify the voter lists before final publication of the same.
Subsequently, display the voter lists for the general public so that they could see their names in the lists, he asked the officials concerned. Besides, the State election commissioner also asked the official concerned to conduct the Panchayat polls free and fair manner.
In the meanwhile, Nainital District Magistrate Arvind Singh Hyanki said that these Panchayat elections have to be conducted in three phases and final publication of the voter lists will be started from June 17.
Subsequently, after their final publication these voter lists will be put on display at every block for the people so that they could check their names in the lists, he added.