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Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.ECI issues fresh work allocation order; brings back oversight on IT head
What's behind this
The Election Commission of India issued a fresh work allocation order that restores oversight of the IT head. An internal order dated July 28, issued by Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg, removed Deputy Election Commissioner Sanjay Kumar from charge of the IT and ICT divisions and gave Dr Khanna a free hand to report directly to the Commission. The poll panel also said that letters sent by two Election Commissioners to the Cabinet Secretary were not related to any policy matter or the IT division, and that the related decisions were taken unanimously despite social‑media claims of friction.
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left · 1 outlet
An internal order issued on July 28 by Senior DEC Maneesh Garg had removed DEC Sanjay Kumar from the charge of IT and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) divisions, and given Dr. Khanna a free hand, enabling her to directly report to the Commission
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center · 1 outlet
A day after the Election Commission tweaked its work allocation order, a top poll authority official on Thursday said there had been no change in the supervisory authority to which its director general of information technology (DG IT) reports. According to a new work allocation order issued on…
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right · 1 outlet
There was a row over Seema Khanna's work as IT head, and objections over her changed reporting line, in July, but EC says the July order was never actually implemented.
— NDTV
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An internal order issued on July 28 by Senior DEC Maneesh Garg had removed DEC Sanjay Kumar from the charge of IT and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) divisions, and given Dr. Khanna a free hand, enabling her to directly report to the Commission
