The Pauri District Magistrate and District Election Officer (Panchayat) Chandra Shekhar Bhatt has told all heads of departments that they will not leave the headquarters without his permission and not sanction any leave to their subordinates without his consent in view of the coming three-tier Panchayat election.
Pointing out that educational institutions are closing down for the summer vacation, the DM directed the chief education officer to instruct the heads of all government and aided institutions to keep the institutes open till May 28 while ensuring that the teachers and non teaching staff are present in the institutions till this date. The teachers and non-teaching staff will be accorded responsibilities in the Panchayat election work by May 28, he said. The staff deployed on Panchayat election duty will be provided compensatory leave for which an order will be issued after the Panchayat polls, added the DM.
The chief development officer/ deputy district election officer Navneet Pandey said that the training of presiding officers and election officers will be conducted from May 29 June 1 in the auditorium at Pauri district headquarters for the Panchayat polls. The one-day training of returning officers and assistant returning officers will be held at the Vikas Bhawan here on May 28, he added.