Section 108E in Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996
108E. Appointment of Presiding Officers.
(1)The District Panchayat Election Officer shall appoint such number of Presiding Officers as may be required for holding of elections.(2)The Presiding Officer shall perform the functions required to be performed by him under these rules and it shall be his general duty to keep order at polling stations and to see that the poll is fairly taken.(3)The District Panchayat Election Officer may appoint for each polling station a Polling Officer or Officers and such number of attendants as he thinks necessary to assist the Presiding Officer in the performance of his functions.
