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ECI reverses controversial work allocation order, restores oversight over IT chief

ECI reverses controversial work allocation order, restores oversight over IT chief

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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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New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has issued a fresh work allocation order bringing back oversight over its Director General (IT) Seema Khanna even as poll body officials insisted that an earlier controversial order removing it was not implemented following objections raised by two…

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