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Chandigarh February 25: the Election Commission of India has issued instructions to all the Returning Officers with regard to the undelivered postal ballot papers in the state during the recent Elections to the Vidhan Sabha in Punjab.
Communicating the instructions of the ECI to all the District Election Officers and Returning Officers, Mr. V.K. Singh, Chief Electoral Officer Punjab said that the postal ballot papers returned undelivered can be re-issued on the request of the elector concerned. Elaborating further, he said under Rule-26 of CE Rules, 61, if the postal ballot paper and other related documents sent by post is returned to the RO undelivered then the RO may re-issue them by post or may deliver it to the elector personally on a request being made by the elector.
He also said that in cases where postal ballot paper is returned undelivered and there is no request for the re-issue, then the RO has been instructed to keep them separately in an envelope superscribed “Postal Ballot Papers Returned Undelivered”. The RO has also been asked to maintain a day-to-day record of the number of such postal ballots returned undelivered. The envelope should also be sealed and kept in a safe custody of the DEO along with the documents specified in sub-rule (2) of Rule 92 of CE Rules 61.
The Chief Electoral Officer Punjab also said that on the day of counting, the candidates would be intimated the total number of such postal ballot papers returned undelivered.
