Who appoints the Election Officers ?
Ans. Collector of the district has been designated as Election Officer under Rule 2(d) of Orissa Grama Panchayat Election Rules, 1965, Rule 2(e) of Orissa Panchayat Samiti Election Rules, 1991 and Rule 2(f) of Orissa Zilla Parishad Election Rules 1994. In the said capacity the Collector is responsible for the overall supervision of elections to PRIs in his district under the Superintendence direction and guidance of the SEC. The said Rules also empower the Collector to authorise any other officer to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties of the Election Officer. In the exercise of the said authority, the District Collector appoints officers like Additional District Magistrate, Sub-Collector, Tahasildar,B.D.O. etc. as Election Officers to exercise all or some of the powers exercisable by the Election Officer as he may assign.
Ans. The State Election Commission has laid down detailed guidelines for appointment of Election Officer. As per the guidelines, the Collector of the districthas been designated as Election Officer under Rule 2(d) of Orissa Grama Panchayat Election Rules, 1965, Rule 2(e) of Orissa Panchayat Samiti Election Rules, 1991 and Rule 2(f) of Orissa Zilla Parishad Election Rules 1994. In thesaid capacity the Collector is responsible for the overall supervision of elections to PRIs in his district under the Superintendence direction and guidance of the SEC. The saidRules also empower the Collector to authorise any other officer to exercise all or any of the powers and perform all or any of the duties of the Election Officer. In the exercise of the said authority, the District Collector appoints officers like Additional District Magistrate, Sub-Collector, Tahasildar,B.D.O. etc. as Election Officers to exercise all or some of the powers exercisable by the Election Officer as he may assign.
