Hassan: Amid poll process, Hassan district got its third Deputy Commissioner (who is the District Electoral Officer) in less than 10 days after the State government, under directions from the Election Commission, posted senior IAS Officer and Commissioner of Public Instruction P.C. Jaffer to replace D. Randeep.
“He (Randeep) took charge of Hassan district and we were not informed. He took charge based on the Court order. Ideally, the Court order should have been interpreted by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR) and DPAR should have taken the Election Commission’s concurrence because Election Model Code of Conduct is in place. He went and took charge, which is not the proper way,” Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar told presspersons in Bengaluru yesterday.
