District Collector T. Bhaskaran has asked the returning officers to be vigilant when accepting applications for postal ballot.
He said directions were already given to polling officials about the procedures to be followed in handling postal ballots.
The requests for postal ballots reaching the returning officers of grama panchayats should be handed over to the retuning officers of block panchayats, he said.
Postal ballots will be distributed from the office of the block panchayat returning officer. Candidates or their agents can contact the following election observers and expenditure observers appointed in the district: V.V. Shajimon: Observer (9447112971, shajccf@gmail.com); P.B. Surendran (Deputy Director, District Audit Office, Wayanad); Nilambur, Kondotty, Wandoor block panchayats and Kondotty and Nilambur municipalities (949511432, pbstmsy@gmail.com); Jaya Narayanan (Deputy Director, Malabar Devaswom Audit Office, Palakkad); Kalikavu and Areekode block panchayats and Manjeri and Malappuram municipalities (9495104716, vsjayanarayanan@gmail.com); Mohammed Haris (Joint Secretary, Finance Department); Perinthalmanna, Mankada and Kuttippuram block panchayats and Perinthalmanna and Valanchery municipalities (9446040586, eobservmlpm@gmail.com).
P. Anil Prasad (Deputy Secretary, Finance); Tanur, Vengara and Tirurangadi block panchayats and Tirurangadi, Parappanangadi and Tanur municipalities (9447004336, aprasad@asapkerala.gov.in); M.B. Sanu (Joint Secretary, Finance); Tirur, Ponnani and Perumpadappu blocks and Tirur and Ponnani municipalities (9446126688, mbsanu88@gmail.com).
