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3 months after internal row, Election Commission restores oversight of top IT officer

3 months after internal row, Election Commission restores oversight of top IT officer

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The Election Commission of India has issued a fresh work allocation order that reinstates oversight of its Director General (IT), Seema Khanna. Under the new order, Khanna must route files through Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sharma, restoring the supervisory role that had been removed in an earlier controversial order which poll body officials said was not implemented after objections were raised.

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