PANJIM: As the general elections to 186 village panchayats are due in June 2022, the process of delimitation of wards and their reservation will be completed once the final voter electoral roll, the drafting of which is currently in process, is published in January, next month.
Following recent amendment to the Goa Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, the task of dividing Panchayat area into wards and reservation of seats is assigned to State Election Commission (SEC) in consultation with the Government. Accordingly, on November 23, SEC directed Electoral Registration Officers (ERO) (mamlatdars/ Joint mamlatdars) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AERO) (Awal Karkuns/head clerks) to utilise the draft electoral roll of the Goa Legislative Assembly published on November 1, to form village panchayat wards and submit draft proposal.
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In this regard, Election Commissioner WV Ramanamurthy on Tuesday took a review meeting of all EROs, who are directed to submit draft proposal at the earliest.
