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| Major admin reshuffle on cards before MCC comes into force | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
srinagar, Feb 18: Jammu and Kashmir government is all set to set overhaul administration before Model Code of Conduct comes into force in first week of March for the Lok Sabha elections.
An official of General Administration Department said that government has decided to transfer deputy commissioners and district SSPs before the MCC is imposed. "The Chief Secretary has already given a green signal for transfer of top bureaucrats and the top police officers," the official said.
It's in place to mention here that the government ordered transfers of four senior IAS officers and appointed new secretaries in the home and finance departments recently. Last week the government transferred more than 40 SSPs.
Similarly, the Service Selection Board (SSB) has been directed to release the selection lists of various posts before the MCC come into effect. "There are posts for which examinations were conducted last year and we expect the selection lists are released in the current month," an SSB official said.
The government has also decided to shift the office of Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) from the crowded Old Secretariat to comparatively Government Printing Press premises here. A building in Old Secretariat, Srinagar, presently houses the CEO's office. However, due to the lack of space, the office has to be dependent on other departments' buildings, especially when it comes to storing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). "The Chief Electoral Officer has raised the issue with the government that the current location is not suitable to hold the process for the upcoming polls," an official at CEO said.
"We can conduct and monitor the polls in a better way and hold meetings with concerned authorities if we are not provided with adequate space," he added.
A government document shows that the authorities have found the Government Printing Press, Srinagar "feasible" for CEO's office. As per documents, around 15 kanals of land and a number of structures, which can be used to store the poll inventory, are available at the erstwhile Government Press at Lal Chowk. The Election Commission of India team is also expected to visit the state soon to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Similarly, the government has also issued an advisory to political parties for holding of election rallies. |
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