New Delhi, Nov 8 (PTI) With Delhi assembly elections likely to be held in February next year, the Election Commission has asked the NCT administration to transfer the posted officers to their home districts, an exercise it is carrying out ahead of the the elections. .

In a letter to the Delhi Chief Secretary issued on Thursday, the Election Commission (EC) said, “The Commission has followed a consistent policy that officers directly connected with the conduct of elections in an electoral state or UT are not posted at home . districts or places where they have served for a considerable length of time.” The poll body noted that the term of the Delhi Legislative Assembly ends on February 23, 2025 “and general elections are scheduled in the year 2025”.

The EC is mandated to organize the votes before the end of the mandate of the Chamber, so that a new assembly is constituted before the end of the mandate of the current Chamber.

The polling authority specified that the transfer orders regarding the officers or officials, who are engaged in the work of revising the electoral lists during an election year, will be implemented only after the definitive publication of the electoral lists, with the consultation of the General Electoral Director in question.

“The Chief Electoral Officer will invariably be consulted during the secondment of persons to replace incumbents who are transferred as per Commission policy. A copy of each transfer order issued pursuant to these instructions shall without fail be served on the Chief Electoral Officer. “, he said.

It is customary for the poll commission to issue instructions related to transfers of officers ahead of the Lok Sabha and assembly polls.

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