Suryaa Andhra Pradesh Desk: Election duties should be carried out responsiblyDistrict Election Officer/District Collector Dr.A.SiriKurnool,Major News Correspondent,October 30:Local bodies... Election duties should be performed responsibly District Election Officer/District Collector Dr.A.Siri Kurnool, Major News Correspondent, October 30:The District Election Officer/District Collector Dr.A.Siri has directed the concerned officers to perform their duties responsibly and must attend the training programs conducted by the presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and other polling officers appointed for the election duties of the local bodies. On Friday morning, the District Election Officer/District Collector held a teleconference with the concerned officials on the conduct of local bodies elections. On this occasion, the Collector said that the non-attendance of the staff appointed for the election duties will be taken seriously in view of the fact that the town local bodies, MPTC, ZPTC and Sarpanch elections will be held in phases. The Collector warned that strict action will be taken against those absent from duty as per the rules mentioned in the guidelines of the State Election Commission. The Collector made it clear that only those with genuine medical reasons such as pregnant women, lactating women, those who have recently undergone cardiac or spinal surgeries will be considered for exemption from election duties. He said it is not reasonable to claim exemptions on the grounds of general health problems and previous surgeries.
Election duties are responsible and everyone must perform the assigned duties. Collector warned that strict action will be taken if absent from duty. On the days of polling and counting, the staff should attend duties on time and strictly follow the election regulations and prescribed procedures. The Collector ordered the officials to cooperate in conducting the elections in a calm, transparent and impartial manner. Joint Collector Nurul Qamar said that the officials and staff appointed for municipal election polling duties must reach the respective distribution centers between 7.30 and 8.00 tomorrow morning. The Joint Collector said that the attendance of the staff in the four distribution centers of the district will be monitored through the command control room. The HODs of all the departments should take responsibility to ensure that the personnel appointed for the election duties of their departments reach the distribution centers on time.
The supervisory officers under the respective departments should also monitor the attendance of the staff mandal wise and provide the details of how many people attended the duties from 8 am onwards. The Joint Collector made it clear that the staff in reserve should also attend the distribution centers and register their attendance. He said that no one appointed for election duties, including the reserve staff, can go from duty until the polling process is completed and the polling materials are handed over at the reception centers. The joint collector said that the reserve personnel should be under the supervision of the commissioner or the concerned zonal officers. The number of personnel appointed in each department, the number of those who attended the duties and the details of those who were absent should be collected by the respective supervisory officers and given to the HODs of the departments and from there to the district command control room. Similarly, the Joint Collector directed the HODs to assign a responsible officer from each department to the District Command Control Room to respond immediately to any problems in the conduct of election duties and coordinate with the concerned departments. District officials, RVOs and others participated in the tele conference.
