FIR has been lodged under Section 77 of Representation of the People Act, 1951 against 74 Government employees who were deputed on election duty but had not attended the training programme held for Panchayat election in the district.
These Government employees were issued show-cause notice by the election officer but they failed to reply to the notice on said date.
Taking cognisance of this, Dehradun Additional DM and district election in-charge officer (Personnel) Pratap Singh Shah has directed the SP City Navneet Singh Bhullar to lodge FIRs against 74 Government employees in the police stations covering their residences.
The SP City was provided a list of government employees who were found absent from the training programme and FIR was lodged against them on Sunday. Shah said that earlier, Dehradun election officer and district magistrate BVRC Purushottam had directed him to lodge FIRs against the employees who fail to attend the training programme for Panchayat election.
In order to conduct three tier Panchayat election in a transparent and peaceful manner, Government employees deputed to election duty have been given training since June 12 at two different venues - ONGC auditorium and the Town Hall in Dehradun.
Shah said that said that as many as 38 Government employees were found absent from the training programme held on June 12 while 36 were absent from the training on June 13. These employees were issued show cause notice but they had not replied on time.
A total of 1,344 Government employees who were deputed on election duty were given training at Town Hall, Municipal Corporation on Sunday though 54 employees including 19 presiding officer, 15 polling office, seven polling officers (second) and 13 polling officers (fourth) were found absent.
The ADM said that absentees were issued show cause notice and directed to reply to the election office within 24 hours. FIR will be lodged against those employees who fail to reply within the said period, he added.
Master trainer and district Panchayati Raj officer MM Khan, Chief Education Officer MP Khali, BEO UD Goswami trained the employees about Panchayat election process in detail during training programme.