Show cause notice served on polling officials
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Tamenglong, May 16 2015 :
Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Election Officer (DEO) Tamenglong M Luikham has served show cause notice on Presiding Officers, Polling Officers-I, Polling Officer-II and Polling Officer-III for failing to attend the first round training programmes May 13 and 14 without prior intimation or assigning any written reason.
In the notice, the DEO said that it has come to is notice that several Central Government and State Government employees consisting of Presiding Officers, Polling Officers-I, Polling Officers-II and Polling Officers-III failed to attend the training.
The unauthorised absence and failure to report for training tantamount to willful dereliction of duties and subverting the conduct of election, liable to attract stringent disciplinary action to the extent of imposition of fines and imprisonment according to gravity of offences, said the notice.
The officials have been asked to show cause on or before May 21 as to why disciplinary action to the extent of imposing of fines and imprisonment should not be initiated against them.