New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today has issued transfer orders for District Magistrates (DM), Superintendent of Police (SP) and DIG/IG rank officers in five states namely Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
The decision was taken as part of the regular review by the Commission during a meeting chaired by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioners, Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu.
The officials transferred are as follows:
Assam:
- DM of Udalgiri
Bihar:
- DM and SP of Bhojpur district
- DM and SP of Nawada district
Jharkhand:
- SP Deoghar
- Directed to fill up vacant posts of SP(Rural) Ranchi, DIG Palamu, IG Dumka and send panel of officials
Odisha:
- DM of Cuttack & Jagatsinghpur
- SP of Angul, Behrampur, Khurda, Rourkela
- DCP Cuttack & IG Central
Andhra Pradesh:
- DM of Krishna, Ananthpuramu, Tirupati districts
- SP of Prakasham, Palnadu, Chittoor, Anathpuramu, Nellore districts
- IGP Guntur Range
Under the directive, all the transferred officials have been asked to hand over the charge to their immediate junior officer and these officers will not be assigned any election duty till completion of the General Elections 2024.
The respective state governments have been directed to send a panel of names of IAS and IPS officers to the Commission.
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