The State Election Commission has appointed a total of 31 senior officers as observers for the ensuing three-tier Panchayat elections in Chhattisgarh. The list also includes Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers.
Twenty-seven officers were appointed as observers for all the 27 districts. Four officers are kept in the reserve, officials stated. The order said that Amrut Kumar Kalkho, Managing Director, Chhattisgarh State Seed and Agriculture Development Corporation is the Observer for Bilaspur, C.l.Agrawal, Deputy Director, Achankamar Tiger Reserve Bilaspur, posted at Mungeli, S.l.Ratre Joint Secretary Medical Education Department, Observer for Janjgir-Champa, Dr Naveenchandra is posted at Korba, O.P.Yadav, is posted at Surajpur, P.K.Keshar is posted at Balrampur, Shailendra K.Singh is observer for Sarguja, C.S Tiwari is posted at Koriya, Pradeep Kumar Pant is observer at Raigarh, R.B.P.Sinha is posted at Jashpur, S.R.Brahmane is observer for Raipur, Alok Awasthi is posted at Baloda-Bazaar, R.K.Tamta is observer at Gariaband and Anita Nandi is posted at Mahasamund.
Arti Wasnik is observer at Dhamtari, Koushalendra Kumar is posted at Bemetara, Omkar Singh is observer at Durg, Devasheesh Banerjee is posted at Balod, Sukrut lal Sav is observer at Rajnandgaon, Chhattar Singh Dehare at Kabirdham, H.l.Ratre at Kondagaon, Devasheesh Das at Bastar, R.K.Goverdhan at Narayanpur, Vijaykumar Dhurve at Kanker, V.Ramarao at Dantewada, V.S.Dhurwe at Sukma and K.K.Bisen is posted as observer at Bijapur district.