Order
01/08/2025
1. The present writ petition has been filed aggrieved of the
order impugned whereby the petitioner has been appointed as
Booth Level Officers (BLOs).
[2025:RJ-JD:34079] (2 of 9) [CW-14486/2025]
2. It has been argued on behalf of the petitioner that as per
instructions/guidelines dated 04.10.2022 of the Election
Commission of India (ECI), a Booth Level Officer should be an
elector of the polling station where he/she is deputed as BLO.
Instructions/guidelines dated 04.10.2022 were however modified
vide communication dated 05.06.2025 and as per the said
modification, it is only when a regular State/local Government
employee registered as an elector in the concerned electoral area
is not available, that an employee working in the area covered by
that part of electoral roll, can be appointed.