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Two Ulhasnagar civic employees booked for electoral roll duty failure
An FIR has been registered against two employees of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation for dereliction of duty as Booth Level Officers during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Assistant Municipal Commissioner…
The Story in Brief
An FIR has been registered against two employees of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation for dereliction of duty as Booth Level Officers during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. Assistant Municipal Commissioner Vishal Vasant Kadam filed the complaint against clerks Sundar Landge and Dinesh Marothia for failing to complete assigned work despite repeated verbal and written instructions, including a show-cause notice on July 28.
During a review meeting on August 4, Landge had distributed EF forms to 83.17% of voters and digitised 22.67% of the work, while Marothia had completed 94.04% form distribution and 28.48% digitisation. The offence is registered under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 at the Central police station.
The Indian Opinion
Filing an FIR under the Representation of the People Act for incomplete digitisation seems disproportionate when targets were not fully met. While accountability matters, municipal bodies must ensure realistic workloads and proper support for Booth Level Officers before resorting to criminal proceedings. The real test will be whether this action actually improves electoral roll quality or merely adds to fear among low-level staff. The next review meeting's figures should reveal if the show-cause notice had any effect.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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