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JAMMU/NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India has appointed District Election Officers (DEOs), Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) before unveiling of schedule for revision of electoral rolls.
According to a Srinagar-based news agency, the Election Commission of India has issued separate notifications for appointment of DEOs, EROs, EROs, AEROs in Jammu & Kashmir Union Territory under “The Representation of Peoples Act-1950”. 243 officers as Assistant Electoral Registration officers to assist EROs of 90 assembly segments. Of them, 112 have been appointed as AEROs for 47 seats of Kashmir and 131 as AEROs for 43 seats of Jammu. The commission has also appointed two officers as AEROs for cantonment areas of Srinagar and Jammu. It has also appointed three officers as AEROs for Kashmiri migrants who will assist the EROs of 47 assembly segments of Jammu and Kashmir.