Jammu, May 07: Thirty three officials have been suspended for non-compliance of orders of election duty in Doda and Jammu districts of Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency where elections are scheduled to be held in the fourth and final phase on May 10. The district election offficer, Doda, has suspended 13 officials for non-compliance of orders, an official release said here today.
As per the order issued these officials failed to attend the election duty outside the district. The erring officials were given a chance to explain their position within a fortnight but they failed to do so, it said.
Meanwhile, the district election officer Jammu, on the directions of the Election Commission suspended 20 officials deputed for election duty at various places in the Udhampur constituency for their failure to report at the designated places on the scheduled date of reporting.
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