UP State Election Commission (SEC) has deputed 75 senior IAS officers as ‘Observers’ for the three-phase Urban local Bodies elections to be held on November 22, 26 and 29. State Election Commissioner SK Agarwal said in lucknow on Monday that each IAS officer has been entrusted with one district and would hence over all 75 districts in UP. The Observers include 16 IAS officers of the rank of Principal Secretary, eight of Secretary and the rest 51 of Special Secretary. They would monitor the transparent conduct of the elections.
The SEC said that the Observers appointed for the first phase of polls in 24 districts would have to reach their respective district by November 19, while the observers for the second phase in 25 districts by November 23 and third phase in 26 districts by November 26. All Observers will also have to be present in their respective districts on the day of counting of votes on December 1. Meanwhile, Monday was the last day for filing nominations for the first phase of polls while Tuesday will be the last day for the second phase. The last date for filing of nominations for the third phase is November 10.