UP books 21 more BLOs, accusing them of negligence in SIR-related work
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Ghaziabad/UP: A case was registered against 21 booth-level officers (BLOs) on Thursday, for alleged negligence in carrying out duties related to the Election Commission's special intensive revision of electoral rolls, PTI reported.
Acting on the directions of District Election Officer and District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Mandar, Deputy Tehsildar Alok Kumar Yadav filed an FIR at the Sihani Gate police station, they said.
Nandgram Additional Commissioner of Police Upasna Pandey confirmed the registration of the case.
The case was registered under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950/51/1989, officials said.
According to the FIR, the BLOs, deputed from various government departments for SIR-related work, failed to perform essential tasks such as distributing and collecting enumeration forms in their designated areas.
Their alleged negligence hampered the progress of the revision exercise, officials said.
Keeping in view the seriousness of their lapses in duties mandated by the Election Commission, legal action was initiated, officials added.
Earlier, the Yogi Adityanath administration had filed FIRs against more than 60 booth-level officers and seven supervisors for allegedly failing to comply with orders regarding the revision of voter rolls in the state. The authorities reportedly withheld the salaries of 42 personnel, alongside suspending a village-level revenue officer for alleged negligence. The FIRs are filed just as in Uttar Pradesh, alongside 12 other states and Union Territories. The Election Commission started the SIR exercise on November 4, Scroll reported.