KOLKATA: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday once again cautioned District Magistrates in West Bengal against the involvement of contractual state government employees in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
On behalf of the ECI, an Additional Chief Electoral Officer had sent a note to all the District Magistrates, who are also the District Election Officers (DEOs) of the respective districts, where a strong note of caution had been issued against the involvement of contractual state government employees in the revision exercise, the first stage of which started from November 4.
The note of caution had been issued after it came to the notice of the commission that some District Magistrates, as well as the DEOs, had been involving contractual staff in the process, violating the ECI-mandated guidelines in the matter.
"In reference to the above, I would like to state that contractual data entry operators, contractual staff, BSK staff, etc., cannot be used for data entry work for the ongoing SIR, 2025. It has been reported that some officers are using local orders and using such Data Entry Operators and contractual staff in violation of ECI guidelines. Appropriate action should be initiated against such DEOs/EROs/AEROs, " read the note from the additional CEO, a copy of which is available with IANS.