DW BUREAU / Chandigarh

Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Agarwal said that all department heads should comply with the directives issued by the Election Commission of India regarding the Lok Sabha 2024 general elections.

Directions have been issued that all high posts police officers who have completed a three-year term in a parliamentary constituency or district Police officers holding high posts and District Election Officers who have completed their one-year tenure during the last four years should be transferred out

of the district.

This compliance should be ensured by all department heads. Immediate submission of the compliance report to the Chief Secretary and Director-General of Police is necessary.

Agarwal was holding a review meeting of the department officers here today on the directions issued by the Election Commission of India regarding election arrangements.

He said that it has come to the Election Commission of India's notice that state governments are transferring officers to nearby districts within the same parliamentary constituency during the elections.

Therefore, the commission has made a significant amendment to its current transfer policy.
(editor@dailyworld.in)