JAMMU: State Election Commissioner, KK Sharma today chaired a meeting to prepare the schedule for updation/revision of the Panchayat Electoral Roll in Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Secretary State Election Commission, Sushil Sharma; Special Secretary Chief Electoral Office Jammu, Sandesh Gupta; Joint Director Information Jammu, Sapna Kotwal, senior officers of the Rural Development Department, Relief & Rehabilitation Commissioner, State Informatics Officer, NIC Jammu, AERO Migrant Jammu, Deputy District Election Officer Jammu and other concerned.
The meeting discussed in detail the preparation of soft/hard copies of the draft electoral Roll for placing in the public domain. The latest and lastly updated Panchayat Electoral Roll will serve as the base for the revised Roll.
The SEC maintained that revision shall be done as per provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989.
The meeting also discussed the availability of ERO/AERO (Block Development Officer)/Panchayat Level Booth Officials (VLWs)for revision of the electoral roll.
Besides, the position of funds, requirement of funds by each district for the Electoral Roll, modalities for Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP ), and mechanism of updating and printing in both online and offline modes were also discussed during the meeting.
The meeting further deliberated upon the tentative schedule of revision, publication of the draft roll on the website by EROs/PLBOs(VLWs), and other relevant activities.
“For undertaking SVEEP activities campaign shall be launched by the Commission with the help of Information Department, RDD, and District Panchayat Election Officers,” the SEC maintained.
