Polity
The Supreme
Court control that freelance persons and not bureaucrats ought to be appointed
State Election Commissioners.
· It same that
giving government staff the extra charge of State Election Commissioners may be
a “mockery of the Constitution”.
· The prime
court directed that the States ought to appoint freelance persons as Election
Commissioners right along the length and breadth of the country.
· The judgment
criticized the state government for giving its Law Secretary the extra charge
of State Election Commissioner.
Article 243K
· Article 243K
deals with the Elections to the Panchayats.
· It states that
The supervising, direction and management of the preparation of electoral rolls
for, and also the conduct of, all elections to the Panchayats shall be
unconditional during a State commission.
· It shall
accommodates a State Election Commissioner to be appointed by the Governor.
· Subject to the
provisions of any law created by the State legislative assembly, the conditions
of service and tenure of workplace of the State Election Commissioner shall be
like the Governor could by rule verify. However,
· The State
Election Commissioner shall not be far from his workplace except in like manner
and on variety ground as a decide of a tribunal.
The conditions of service of the State Election
Commissioner shall not be varied to his disadvantage when his appointment
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