ELECTIONS – General Elections to the House of People and Andhra Pradesh Legislature Assembly - Sanction of Special Casual Leave to the Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers on the next day of poll

In the reference 2

nd read above, it has been represented that the

Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers of a polling booth

have to hand over the Polled Ballot Boxes/EVMs & all other material at

appropriate reception centers in the mid night of the poll day and they

are not able to reach their home upto 1.00 am or 2.00 am and it has

been requested to treat 12.04.2019 as Journey Day and to arrange to

issue necessary orders in the matter.

2. Government, after careful examination of the matter, have

decided to accept the said request.

3. Accordingly, all the leave sanctioning authorities of the

personnel, who have been drafted as Presiding Officers and Assistant

Presiding Officers are, hereby directed to grant Special Casual Leave

on the next day of poll to their staff members, whose services have

been utilized as Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers

during the General Elections to the House of People and Andhra

Pradesh Legislature Assembly on production of a leave letter together

with the Election duty Certificate issued by the concerned Returning

Officer at reception centre for the said purpose.

4. All the District Election Officers are requested to direct all the

Returning Officers to issue an “Election Duty Certificate” in the format

appended to this order, to all the Presiding Officers and Assistant

Presiding Officers, who have actually attended the duty in Polling

Station, at the reception centre after handing over all the relevant

election material so as to enable them to avail the said Special Casual

Leave. The reserve Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers

are not entitled for this facility.

ELECTIONS – General Elections to the House of People and Andhra Pradesh Legislature Assembly - Sanction of Special Casual Leave to the Presiding Officers and Assistant Presiding Officers on the next day of poll – Orders - Issued.