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Palamu DC cancels leave for electoral roll revision staff
The Story in Brief
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.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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