New Delhi: The Election Commission has put on hold with immediate effect the order appointing an army officer as SSP of the Union Territory Jammu and Kashmir Administration. The commission says that the state government had appointed an officer named Colonel Vikrant Parashar of the Indian Army's Para High Altitude Warfare School, Gulmarg to the post of SSP (Training) and Special (Operations) in Jammu and Kashmir Police. Whereas the Model Code of Conduct of the Election Commission is still in force in the state. In which transfer of officers related to elections has been banned.
Report by 11 am
In this matter, the Commission has ordered the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir to submit the status report in this matter to the Commission by 11 am on October 1. In which detailed explanation should be given about the rationale for issuing the order without taking action. Approval from the Election Commission is required. The Election Commission, in its order given to the Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, has said that the Commission has found that the Model Code of Conduct is in force in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Ban on transfer of officers
In such a situation, there has been a ban on transfer of officers related to elections. Without going into the arguments on this point, the Commission directs that the process of appointing an Army officer on the civilian side to the post of SSP and the order of empanelment be postponed with immediate effect during the effectiveness of the Model Code of Conduct. If the order has been implemented then the situation before the order was issued should be immediately restored.
