Uttarakhand Election Commissioner (UEC) Subardhan said that survey should be completed by October 31 in the Pauri district ahead of the Panchayat elections.
The status of reservation Panchayat elections will be cleared by November 20 and the notification of the Panchayat election will be done on November 21 by the Election Commission and the code of conduct will enforced with this.Chairing a meeting with officials regarding the Panchayat election, Subardhan said that the voting franchise will be given to those who completed 18 years on January 1, 2013. The State Election Commissioner sought information about the ballot paper requirement during the Panchayat election.
Subardhan said that Panchayat administrator can be appointed for only six months according to the Articles 73 and 74 and thereafter the election is necessary. The election will be conducted in three phases and Commission is determined to conduct the election in the month of December because the first meeting of the elected members should be held before March 29, 2014. Subardhan stressed that the new survey should be ensured for the sensitive and most sensitive polling centres and instructed district magistrate, additional district magistrate and chief development officer to hold meeting for this with input from the block development officer. District Magistrate Chandresh Kumar informed him that nine Gram Panchayats are newly formed for which 45 additional polling centres will be established. Kumar said that 3.6 lakh ballot papers are stored in the double lock of the district while adding that the district requires 23.20 lakh ballot papers for conducting the Panchayat election. Superintendent of police Vimla Gunjyal, chief development officer Navneet Pandey, CO Govind Ram Verma, additional district magistrate Ravneet Cheema and other officers concerned were also among those who attended the meeting.