election duty. The Election Commission of India for the purpose of ex-gratia payment is said to have defined the election duty to mean ... duty included training, polling duty, counting duty or any other duty relating to election. It implies that contracting COVID-19 while on election duty after
authorises the District Election Officer to requisition the services of the employees of the Bank to perform election duty in connection with the Parliamentary election ... State, the District Election Officer cannot impose compulsory service for public purposes even assuming that the compulsion to render election duty is in the nature
State Government on official duty, and (iii) such other person or classes of persons on duty in similar circumstances as the State Government may specify ... engaged in relief operations, procurement and transport of food grains and election duty or in any other urgent Government work, as it may determine
posted in the Police Lines, Karnal, during the election days and was assigned election duty at Police Station. Bajaund in Tehsil Kaithal. His signatures were ... posted at Karnal, during the election days and who had also been put on election duty stated that he never cast any vote
Sant Lal
was assigned election duty for two phases viz. 24.03.2003 and
27.03.2003 and was thus on election duty ... assigned duty for two phases of
the election scheduled for 24th
and 27th
March 2003 and he was not relieved from his election duty till
concerned District Election Officer and to make the staff
available to the District Election Officer for purpose of election duty
in connection with ensuing general ... such power to requisition the staff by the Election
Commission for the election duty flows from Article 324(6) of the
Constitution of India. Article
circumstances, should they be put on duty.
The Commission has exempted following persons from
drafting for election duty--
The officers and staff of following departments ... deployment of election duty :-
(a) The Officers and staff of following departments will not
be requisitioned for deployment of election duty :-
(i) Senior Officers
duties. The orders passed by the District Election Officer appointing and deputing some of the employees of the State Bank of India on election duties ... from the reserve for the purpose of election duties, the petitioners shall volunteer for election duties and under no circumstance any situation should be allowed
purpose of election work security, the death has not occurred during the course of election work or duty. Thus, the Insurance Company appellant has repudiated ... ghastly killing of a responsible Police officer serving for election work working on election duty. In such matters, we are afraid, the approach
election related duty including training and until he/she
reaches back, his/her residence/office after performance of his/her
election duty. If any mishap ... election related duty. If any mishap takes place
during this period, it should be treated as having
occurred on election duty subject to condition that
