Assembly polls: ECI directs J&K admin to transfer officials having completed 3 years in service
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Assembly polls: ECI directs J&K admin to transfer officials having completed 3 years in service

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: With the assembly elections in Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and the UT of Jammu & Kashmir due before the end of this year, the Election Commission of India has written to the chief secretaries and the chief electoral officers directing them to transfer officials serving in their native districts or those who have been in a particular district for over three years, as polls are imminent. The Commission in the order letter said, any official who has “completed three years in a particular district during last four years or would be completing 3 years on or before September 30, 2024 for the UT of J&K, October 31, 2024 for Haryana, November 30, 2024 for Maharashtra and December 31, 2024 for Jharkhand” should be transferred. It also said that the existing legislative assemblies of Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra will expire on November 3, 2024, January 5, 2025, and November 26, 2024, respectively with elections due in the year 2024. The elections for the UT of J&K assembly have become imminent, particularly after the Supreme Court’s directive on December 11, 2023, in which the ECI was directed to hold the polls by September 30, 2024.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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