Jamshedpur, July 18: With Telco Workers Union elections round the corner, district administration and union has geared up for the preparations.
After the High court order on July 7 to hold free and fair elections under the supervision of district administration, Model Code of Conduct has been implemented with immediate effect.
On Saturday, July 18 district Commissioner Dr. Amitabh Kaushal in a notification ordered that model code of conduct would be in effect from July 18.
According to the notification the members and office bearers of executive committee should not indulge into such activities which could deter the freedom, neutrality and sanctity of the election.
All Executive Committee/AGM meetings should be convened prior to the written permission of the supervisor & the presence of the supervisor is necessary.
Tata Motors should not get involved in such activities which can break the sanctity of the elections. The candidates are neither allowed to ask for votes on basis of caste, religion or region nor are they to threaten or tempt the voters.
The candidate has to seek permission before campaigning. Any form of biasness in the election process is discouraged from members.
All important tasks are to be executed under the supervision of the supervisor only and he is capable of declaring a process as null or void at any point of time.
On breaching the code of conduct in the election, the superviosor at any point of time can disqualify a candidate, for which the candidate will be subjected to trial under the Indian Penal Code.