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have been tken by the Election Commission for formally appointing Electoral Registration Officers’, Returning Officers and Assistant Returning Officers for each constituency in all the States as soon as the modifications made by Parliament in the various Delimitation Orders are notified and the constituencies finally determined. The Returning Officers, after they are appointed, will appoint the Presiding and Polling Officers for each polling station. These latter appointments are expected to be completed by the end of November except that in areas, if any, where elections may have to be held in October they will be completed by the end of September, 1951.
Shri Kamath: Has, Sir, any representation been received from any of the Part A or Part B State Governments to the effect that their law and order machinery or the other requisite machinery for polling and other purposes will not be able to cope with the huge work involved in the election and have they asked for any assistance in this regard so far as officers and others are concerned from the Centre ?
Dr. Ambedkar: I have no knowlede on this point.
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*ELECTORAL ROLLS
547. Shri Jnani Ram: Will the Minister of Law be pleased to state :
( a ) the States which have completed the work of publication of electoral rolls; and
( b ) the cost incurred by such States and the amount contributed by the Central Government ?
The Minister of Law (Dr. Ambedkar): ( a ) The electoral rolls are expected to be finally published in all the States by the end of this month.
( b ) Until the work of final publication of the electoral rolls is completed, it is not possible to ascertain the exact cost
*P. D., Vol. 9, Part I, 27th August 1951, p. 685.