THIRUVANANTHAPURAM : As the scheduling of the first phase randomisation of officials for election duties using the R software was completed on Sunday, the district election officer has informed that the respective appointment orders need to be downloaded by the authorities of the offices and handed over to the officials.
The office authorities should keep the receipt of the distributed appointment orders and hand them over to the respective officers.
Office authorities must ensure that the information regarding the appointment orders is made available to the officials concerned before 1 pm on April 1, 2024, as the first phase training programme for the appointed officials is scheduled on April 2, 3, and 4, 2024. The completion of the training programme should be entered on the ORDER software before 2 pm on April 1, 2024.
To download the appointment orders, the officials appointed for election duties are required to visit the website order.ceo.kerala.gov.in, where they can use their phone number and OTP for accessing their respective appointment orders.
As part of the training programme, the presiding officer and the first polling officer are required to submit their Voter ID cards and posting orders with details of their constituency, part number and order number specified in 12 &12A forms at the respective training centres.
Any absence from the training programme by the appointed officials will not be entertained. Anyone who fails to attend the training will be penalised under Section 134 of the Representation of People Act, 1951.
The polling officers who are not required to participate in the first phase training programme should fill in the details in Forms 12 & 12A, along with their Voter ID cards and postal orders by April 4, 2024 and submit them to the taluk office where the respective offices are situated.
Forms 12 & 12A can be downloaded from the website trivandrum.nic.in.