The State Election Commission has asked the Government officials to get their names deleted from the electoral roll of their previous duty place if they have managed to get their names registered in the electoral rolls of the new joining area in case of their transfer.
“Following the directions issued by the State Election Commission in this regard, we have asked all the department heads to strictly implement this order so that duplicity of names could be avoided,” said Akshat Gupta, District Magistrate and District Election Officer, Almora.
The matter of concern is that, as it has come to notice, most of the times names of some Government officials are found registered in the electoral rolls of more than one constituencies because such officials don’t get their names removed from the electoral roll of their previous duty place even after when they get their names registered in the electoral roll of a new working place in case of their transfers, Gupta maintained.
That kind of practice is a matter of serious concern and unconstitutional. Therefore, all the department heads and officials concerned have been asked to strictly follow the State Election Commission orders in this case, he added.