The ECI on Friday directed the West Bengal Chief Secretary to take immediate action against four officials - two Electoral Registration Officers (ERO) and two Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AERO) while asking him to furnish a "compliance" report to the poll body by 3pm on August 11.
This comes a day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee publicly declared that she would not execute the suspension order The compliance report sought by ECI is over the alleged irregularities in disposal of Form-6 applications in Baruipur Purba and Moyna assembly constituencies in West Bengal. "No compliance report indicating specific action taken against each of the officers has been received in the commission so far," ECI wrote in the letter.
On August 5, ECI had suspended two EROs and two AEROs for committing "grave lapses" and "failing to perform their duties", violating the policy of data security while sharing their login credentials of the ER database to unauthorised persons. ECI had then directed the West Bengal chief secretary to suspend the four officials, lodge FIRs against them and start disciplinary action. Similar action was to be taken against a casual worker as well.
Chief Electoral Officer-West Bengal Manoj Agarwal had forwarded a report on July 29 about "the wrongful addition of names in the electoral rolls by EROs and AEROs of AC No 137 Baruipur and Purba Midnapore district." The West Bengal CEO's office had flagged major alleged irregularities during sample checking of voters' lists in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts.
This comes a day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee publicly declared that she would not execute the suspension order The compliance report sought by ECI is over the alleged irregularities in disposal of Form-6 applications in Baruipur Purba and Moyna assembly constituencies in West Bengal. "No compliance report indicating specific action taken against each of the officers has been received in the commission so far," ECI wrote in the letter.
On August 5, ECI had suspended two EROs and two AEROs for committing "grave lapses" and "failing to perform their duties", violating the policy of data security while sharing their login credentials of the ER database to unauthorised persons. ECI had then directed the West Bengal chief secretary to suspend the four officials, lodge FIRs against them and start disciplinary action. Similar action was to be taken against a casual worker as well.
Chief Electoral Officer-West Bengal Manoj Agarwal had forwarded a report on July 29 about "the wrongful addition of names in the electoral rolls by EROs and AEROs of AC No 137 Baruipur and Purba Midnapore district." The West Bengal CEO's office had flagged major alleged irregularities during sample checking of voters' lists in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas and East Midnapore districts.