The polling of students’ union election in DAV (PG) College will be held on September 13, said College principal Dr Devendra Bhasin after he met the Dehradun district magistrate Chandresh Kumar Yadav on Wednesday. Earlier on Tuesday, DM Yadav had postponed the students’ union election by three days after a complaint about irregularities in distribution of college identity cards was lodged by the leaders of various students’ groups which caused disorders in the college campus.
The election officer RK Pathak said that a delegation of college staff members had met the DM on Thursday and informed him about the prevailing situation in the college in regards to the election. DM had allowed the college administration to conduct the election on September 13.
College will resume on Friday and the college identity cards will be distributed among the students. “We held a meeting with leaders of various students’ groups on Thursdayevening. Students’ leaders agreed to participate in the student union election slated onSeptember 13.”
He further said that the polling will begin from 9 am and will continue till 2 pm on Saturday. The counting of votes will be taken up on Monday to be followed by the declaration of results.
Voters will be frisked at various entries of the college and only those carrying college admit cards will be allowed to get in. Around 18,000 students were listed in the voters’ list. With the help of district administration, adequate police forces will be deployed during the election in the college, he added.