Video Conference on Caste Ceritificates and Forests Rights Act on 9th Feb 2011

Back ward classes welfare department may hold Video Conference to review caste certificate cases and forest rights act patta disposal on 9th Feb 2011. All SDOs are also required to attend at DM Burdwan office VC room.

Meanwhile, please expedite disposal of pending applications and send up to date reports to PO DWO with copy to my email. SDOs must also furnish reports on number of camps organised at School level and Block level in 2010 and January 2011.

As regards, Forest Rights Act, we have issued pattas in all cases. Status of Institutional cases and some pending patta under Durgapur Subdivision needs to be looked into by the SDOs.

National Voters day - EROs to review arrangements

NVD will be organised tomorrow from 12 noon onwards. EROs please personally check :-

• All EPICs to be distributed have been checked and found error free, replace erroneous ones.
• All electors whose EPICs will be distributed are intimated personally by BLO of the booth.
• All publicity matters, badges, oath forms etc reaches BLO in time.
• All recognised political parties are intimated by phone also be ERO to attend AC level function.
• ERO must please review the arrangements.

DEO Burdwan shall attend at Kalna where district level programme is being organised.

Press Release on National Voters' Day on 25th January 2011 at 12 noon

• Press Release The Election Commission of India has decided that 25th January every year will be observed as National Voters’ Day (NVD) through out the country as a measure to encourage citizens to participate in democratic electoral process. ECI orders in this regard have been circulated to all concerned.
• Brief ceremonies will be organized on that day at District, Sub-Division, Block & Booth levels with the following programmes. The District level programme is being organized by the Sub Divisional Officer, Kalna at Shyamsunder Vidyapith, Kalna PS No 264/144 and 264/145.
• Booth Level functions will generally be held at Booth premises.
• Newly eligible and newly registered voters will be felicitated in these ceremonies.
• EPICs will be distributed to the newly registered voters. In total 124011 numbers of EPICs will be distributed throughout the District from booth level.
• Badges with ECI’s logo will be given to newly registered Electors.
• A pledge will be taken by all the citizens attending the ceremony. Form-6 (For inclusion of name in voter list) & Form-8 (For correction of entries in voter list) will be given during the function to persons needing any of the forms.
• Vigorous campaign has already been launched through posters, banners etc. as well as other means of publicity.
• Continuous updation for Inclusion / Deletion / Modification has been started & shall continue till the last date of submission of nomination for the purpose of West Bengal Assembly Election 2011.
• Electors without EPIC card can collect 001C form from BDOs/EROs and submit the same with 2 Copies of Colour Photograph to the concern Designated Officer.
• Any person willing to enlist his/her name in the Voter List or requiring any correction with respect to his/her name in voter list can collect respective form from the SDOs/EROs/BDOs. Properly filled up forms along with supporting documents may be submitted to concerned E.R.O offices for disposal under continuous up-dation.