# Palamu DC cancels leave for electoral roll revision staff 2026-11-11T13:34:31+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Palamu deputy commissioner Dilip Pratap Singh Sekhawat has cancelled all leave for officials and booth level officers engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, effective 11 November to 30 November, when the final roll is due for publication. The order, issued on Tuesday (10 November 2026), requires prior approval from the DC for any leave. Palamu’s SIR workforce includes more than 70 officials and 1,796 booth level officers, most of whom are women, officials said. Disposal of logical discrepancies in the district’s five assembly constituencies ranged from 44.61% in Daltonganj to 70.44% in Hussainabad, against the state average of 78.5%. Pending ‘no-mapping’ cases exceeded 14,000 in Daltonganj alone. The leave restrictions come ahead of Chhath (13 to 16 November), which officials said could add to BLOs’ workload. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The leave ban reveals how electoral roll revision deadlines are straining Palamu’s administrative machinery, especially with Chhath falling in the middle of the work window. The disposal rate in Palamu’s five assembly seats, ranging from 44.61% to 70.44%, lags behind the state average of 78.5%, creating pressure to clear over 46,000 pending ‘no-mapping’ cases and logical discrepancies by 30 November. The ban’s impact will be tested when the final electoral roll is published on that date. ## Coverage - timesofindia.indiatimes.com Leads with official order, quotes dashboard figures neutrally This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Dilpat Pratap Singh Sekhawat, Election Commission of India, Jharkhand, Palamu Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/palamu-dc-cancels-leave-for-electoral-roll-revision-staff/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/palamu-dc-cancels-leave-for-electoral-roll-revision-staff/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/