<p>The district administration of Kendrapara has registered cases against 86 government employees on charge of violation of model code of conduct under Representation of the People Act.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The district election office submitted a report of negligence of general election duty against the 86 employees. Legal action is being initiated against them under section-123 of Representation of the People Act, 1951," said Kendrapara Superintendent of Police, Rabi Narayan Behera.<br /><br />The district election office had earlier informed that 109 government staff had been served Non-bailable Warrants (NBWs) on April 17, the day of the polling for not joining poll duty.<br /><br />However, they were not taken to task prompting the opposition parties to level partisan charge against the civil and police administration. Besides, it (non-action) had also fuelled a controversy as nearly half of the erring employees were from politically sensitive Mahakalpada assembly seat.<br /><br />"As per law, the 86 employees would be arrested unless they manage to obtain bail from the court," said a senior police officer adding that the police would issue arrest warrants against them in a day or two.<br /><br />Of the 86 employees identified for action, 52 of them belonged to Mahakalpada assembly segment while the remaining hailed from other assembly segments.<br /><br />Though 109 employees were initially found skipping poll duty, the administration later found that 23 of them were genuinely ill.<br /><br />"As they produced medical certificates to substantiate the serious nature of their sickness, they were spared from legal action," said Kendrapara Collector, Nitin Bhanudas Jawale.</p>
<p>The district administration of Kendrapara has registered cases against 86 government employees on charge of violation of model code of conduct under Representation of the People Act.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"The district election office submitted a report of negligence of general election duty against the 86 employees. Legal action is being initiated against them under section-123 of Representation of the People Act, 1951," said Kendrapara Superintendent of Police, Rabi Narayan Behera.<br /><br />The district election office had earlier informed that 109 government staff had been served Non-bailable Warrants (NBWs) on April 17, the day of the polling for not joining poll duty.<br /><br />However, they were not taken to task prompting the opposition parties to level partisan charge against the civil and police administration. Besides, it (non-action) had also fuelled a controversy as nearly half of the erring employees were from politically sensitive Mahakalpada assembly seat.<br /><br />"As per law, the 86 employees would be arrested unless they manage to obtain bail from the court," said a senior police officer adding that the police would issue arrest warrants against them in a day or two.<br /><br />Of the 86 employees identified for action, 52 of them belonged to Mahakalpada assembly segment while the remaining hailed from other assembly segments.<br /><br />Though 109 employees were initially found skipping poll duty, the administration later found that 23 of them were genuinely ill.<br /><br />"As they produced medical certificates to substantiate the serious nature of their sickness, they were spared from legal action," said Kendrapara Collector, Nitin Bhanudas Jawale.</p>