Pauri District Magistrate who is also the district election officer has directed the officers concerned to conduct the by- election to 86 vacant posts of the gram pradhan, gram panchayat member and chatra panchayat in the all blocks of the district as per the notification issued by the State Election Commission.
The nomination of the vacant posts would be filed from December 1 to 3, the scrutiny of the nomination papers to be filed would be held on December 4 and the withdrawal of nomination would be done on December 5 after which the symbols would be allotted to the candidates. While the by-election would be held on December 13 the counting of votes would be done on December 15.
DM instructed the returning officers and the assistant returning officers appointed for the purpose of the spate of the by-elections to act impartially and take all steps required to ensure peaceful by-polls.
DM said that according the notification of the State Election Commission, the by- elections for the vacant posts spread over all the 15 blocks of the district would be conducted.
Giving the details, he said that the by-elections for nine posts of gram pradhan, 76 posts of the member of the gram panchayat and one post of chatra panchayat would be held in the district. He said that the places where the by-election to elect the gram pradhans would be held are Thalli Gaon (Pauri), Bhurpur Chota (Beerokhal), Ghaikhal (Yamkeshwar), Githoli (Paubo), Sundroli (Reeknikhal), Sumari and Khola (Khirsu) and Palkot and Sangora (Ekeshwar). Besides, the places where members of the representative rural body would be elected through the by-elections are Nainidanda (8), Beerokhal (18), Yamkeshwar (14), Dwarikhal (13), Kot (7), Pokhra, Thallisain and Paubo (2 each), Duggada (5), Jharikhal (4) and Ekeshwar (1).
The by-election to elect the sole member of the chatra panchayat would be held at Chaanda under Thallisain block.