The district administration Bageshwar claims to have appointed officials in order to ensure smooth conduct of the elections of upcoming municipal council, Bageshwar.
As per the deployment schedule of the personnel, P C Kandpal, Chief Veterinary Officer has been appointed as Officer in charge personnel, while P Gupta, Information Science Officer, has been appointed as the Assistant Officer in Charge personnel, said V Shanmugam, District Magistrate, Bageshwar.
Similarly, Narendra Kumar, District Horticulture Officer, Bageshwar, has been appointed as Officer in Charge of ballot papers, while Vir Singh, Additional Engineer, DRDA, will work as co- in charge, ballot papers, in this upcoming municipal elections, further said the Bageshwar district Magistrate.
In the meanwhile, Vijendra Kumar, Assistant Treasury Officer, has been appointed as the Officer in Charge of the election expenditure, Anil Kumar, from the fisheries department has been appointed as Officer in Charge of the election control room, informed the officials concerned of the district administration Bageshwar.
In the meanwhile, Ishwar Singh, Tax Superintendent of municipal council, Bageshwar, has been appointed as the co- in Charge of the election control room and Dr. Ila Pant, Statics Officer has been appointed as the Officer in Charge information, added the officials concerned of the Bageshwar district administration.
And District Social Welfare Officer N S Gashyal, will look after the hospitality aspect during the municipal elections, while K K Pant, Executive Engineer, Rural Engineering Service, has been appointed as Officer in Charge of the barricading, the officials concerned of the Bageshwar district administration. All the newly appointed officials have been directed to take charge of the elections duties as soon as the election dates are declared so that the process of the civic body elections could be taken up properly, the District Magistrate further said.
It is worth mention here that as per the direction of the High Court of Uttarakhand (HCU), notification for the upcoming civic polls has to be issued till April 7, while nomination is likely to be done on April 8.
Similarly, as the officials concerned have stated following the nomination process to be completed by April 8, voting for the civic polls will be held on April 28, while counting of votes will take place on April 30, they added.
But as the Government has shown its inability to hold the civic polls as per the 2011 census, the civic polls are likely to be held as per the 2001 census. However, all the eligible voters as per the recently updated voter list will be able to exercise their franchise in these civic polls.