CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, In the sequence of the instructions of District Election Officer Manish Bansal, a review meeting was held regarding the preparations for by-elections on vacant posts of three-tier panchayats under the chairmanship of Deputy District Election Officer and Additional District Magistrate Finance and Revenue Rajneesh Kumar Mishra as per the instructions of Hon'ble State Election Commission, Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow. He instructed all the officers to seriously complete the election in a fair and transparent manner. He instructed all the Tehsildars to get micro training done on time at the tehsil level under the leadership of SOC. Along with this, all the officers were instructed to complete the election process safely by mutual coordination. He instructed to follow 100% the instructions of Hon'ble State Election Commission in the entire election process.
It is to be informed that RO-AROs have been appointed for the vacant posts of three-tier Panchayats with the notification of by-election by District Election Officer Manish Bansal. Among the seats on which elections are to be held, election of member is to be held on ward number 25 of the District Panchayat. Similarly, two posts of area Panchayat member are vacant. These include ward number 13 of development block Baliyakhedi, ward number 55 of Muzaffarabad, election is also to be held on two posts of Gram Pradhan, including Gudajpur in Nagal and Papadeki Rasulpur in Baliyakhedi and the time table for 44 vacant posts of Gram Panchayat members has been released. To complete the election process, District Magistrate Manish Bansal has appointed Settlement Officer Consolidation Omprakash Anjor as Returning Officer to conduct the election of one seat of the District Panchayat. Similarly, Bijendra Kumar and Amit Kumar Tyagi have been appointed Returning Officers. Assistant District Election Officer Manoj Kumar Singh said that the nomination process for the by-election of Panchayats will run from 10 am to 4 pm on February 8. Scrutiny of nomination papers will be done on February 10, withdrawal of nomination and allocation of election symbol will be done on February 11 and polling will be held on February 19 from 7 am to 6 pm and counting of votes will be done on February 21. All tehsildars, block development officers and returning officers were present in the meeting.