Kolkata, 3 October (IANS) booth-level officers may soon be replaced in more than 2,000 booths in various districts of West Bengal, which is after a serious violation of the instructions of the Election Commission (ECI) of India about the criteria of BLRO appointment.
An internal source of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said that the concerned District Magistrate, who is also the District Election Officer for the concerned districts, where these 2,000 booths have been identified, have already been directed to submit a detailed report on discrepancies by the CEO’s office.
“Once the individual report of the District Magistrates is available, the process of replacing irregular appointments will begin strictly on the ECI-SET guidelines on BLO appointments. Under no circumstances, the replacement process will be completed before the onset of the ECI-proposed special intensive amendment in the state.”
According to the ECI guidelines, there should be a pattern for appointment for BLO appointments that are similar for all Indian states.
First, in the group-C or above, the permanent state government employees and the state-run schools should be considered for the appointments of blossom to teaching staff.
If adequate numbers are not available from the group-C category, then the state-run schools are not available in permanent state government employees and teachers, only then, the contractual state government employees can be considered for appointment as BLOS.
However, according to the inner source of the CEO’s office, each appointment of contractual employees as a BLO is to be justified from the district level, and the consent for the same should be provided from the CEO’s office.
“However, late, it has come in the notice of the CEO’s office that in about 2,000 booths in many districts, the appointments of state government employees have been created despite the availability of permanent state government employees or teachers in the state -run schools. At the same time, all these irregular appointments were made without consent from the CEO’s office.”
Recently, CEO, West Bengal Manoj Kumar Aggarwal sent a letter to the State Education Department, complaining about reluctance between a part of the teaching staff in the state-run schools, which to accept BLO duty, despite a clear instruction on the counting from the single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court. The CEO’s office also warned for disciplinary action against such teachers, if they do not join blow duties after a certain period.
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