This Office Memorandum details the deployment of 57 Assistants from the Central Secretariat Service to assist the Election Commission of India in managing the General Election to Lok Sabha, 2014. The deployment is based on Article 324(6) of the Constitution and requires the staff to report to the Election Commission as soon as possible, with relief expected by June 1st, 2014. The memorandum lists the cadre units from which the assistants will be drawn, including Expenditure, Home Affairs, Defence, and others. It emphasizes that this deployment is in addition to any manpower requisitioned by Chief Electoral Officers. All cadre controlling authorities are directed to relieve the officials by March 7th, 2014.
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ELECTION MATTER
URGENT
No.21/9/2014-CS-I(P) Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training)
Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi March 7, 2014
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Deployment of 57 Assistants of the Central Secretariat Service at the disposal of the Election Commission of India in connection with General Election to Lok Sabha, 2014.
The undersigned is directed to say that Election Commission of India requires the services of at least 57 Assistants and 43 UDCs capable of handling computers, as additional staff on short-term loan basis to manage the General Election to Lok Sabha 2014. The additional staff would be required to report to the Commission as soon as possible and will be relieved by 1st June, 2014.
- As per Article 324 (6) of the Constitution, “…The President, or the Governor of a State, shall, when so requested by the Election Commission, make available to the Election Commission or to a Regional Commissioner such staff as may be necessary for the discharge of the functions conferred on the Election Commission.”
- In pursuance of the above Constitutional mandate, the Department of Personnel & Training, the cadre controlling authority in respect of Assistants of Central Secretariat Service, hereby orders deployment of 57 Assistants belonging to the Central Secretariat Service to the Election Commission of India, from the under mentioned cadre units of CSS, including their sub-units:-
| S.No. | Name of Cadre Unit | No. of Assistants to be deployed |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Expenditure | 5 |
| 2. | Home Affairs | 5 |
| 3. | Urban Development | 5 |
| 4. | Defence | 5 |
| 5. | Information & Broadcasting | 5 |
| 6. | DOP&T | 2 |
| 7. | Health & Family Welfare | 4 |
| 8. | Higher Education | 4 |
| 7. | Agriculture & Cooperation | 4 |
| 8. | Commerce | 3 |
| 9. | Labour & Employment | 2 |
| 10 | Water Resources | 2 |
| — | — | — |
| 11 | IPP | 1 |
| 12. | Power | 1 |
| 13 | Supply Division | 1 |
| 14 | Civil Aviation | 1 |
| 15 | Post | 1 |
| 16 | Food & Public Distribution | 1 |
| 17 | Telecommunication | 1 |
| 18 | Rural Development | 1 |
| 19 | Social Justice & Empowerment | 1 |
| 20 | Planning Commission | 1 |
| 21 | Road Transport & Highways | 1 |
- All the cadre controlling authorities as listed above are required to relieve the requisite number of officials with direction to report to the Election Commission of India, Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi urgently latest by 7th March, 2014.
- It is clarified that this deployment of Assistants to the Election Commission of India is in addition to the manpower being requisitioned by Chief Electoral Officer/Returning Officers, Delhi..
(UMadali, Anwari) Director TelNo.24629411
To
The Joint Secretary (Admn./Estt.), Cadre Units of CSS concerned,