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| DEO convenes meeting of Zonal, Sectoral Magistrates in Doda | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
DODA, Nov 19: District Election Officer (DEO), Doda, Syed Sharief-ud-Din, today convened a meeting of Zonal and Sectoral Magistrates to discuss their role in the ensuing Assembly elections in the district.
The DEO said that each Assembly constituency has been divided into zones which are further divided into sectors from security point of view. In each zone, a Zonal Magistrate will be deployed along with a Zonal Officer from Police department. Similarly, in a sector, a sector level officer from Police department would be accompanying the Sectoral Magistrate. He stated that all this exercise has been carried out for ensuring free, fair and transparent poll process.
Elaborating upon the role of Zonal and Sectoral Magistrates, the DEO stated that their magisterial jurisdiction would be outside the polling booths and they would also perform additional functions like reporting poll percentage in their respective zone/sector to election control room on hourly basis. He said that a communication plan has been devised to provide each Zonal and Sectoral Officer with a wireless communication set.
Sharief-ud-Din asked the participants to maintain neutrality in their conduct as per the guidelines of Model Code of Conduct.
SDM Bhadarwah, SDM Gandoh, ACR Doda, Returning and Assistant Returning Officers of Bhadarwah and Doda Assembly constituencies were also present in the meeting. |
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