ECI directs J&K admin to transfer officials having completed 3 years in service

NEW DELHI: With the assembly elections in Haryana, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and the UT of Jammu & Kashmir due before the end of this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the chief secretaries and the chief electoral officers directing them to transfer officials serving in their native districts or those who have been in a particular district for over three years, as polls are imminent.

In the letter, a copy of which is with this newspaper, the ECI indicated that elections for the J&K assembly will be held separately and it is most likely that they might not be clubbed with the polls in Haryana, Jharkhand and Maharashtra.

The Commission in the order letter said, any official who has “completed three years in a particular district during last four years or would be completing 3 years on or before September 30, 2024 for the UT of J&K, October 31, 2024 for Haryana, November 30, 2024 for Maharashtra and December 31, 2024 for Jharkhand” should be transferred.