New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the Election Commission of India (ECI) over its decision to deploy school teachers for Booth Level Officer (BLO) duties during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the national capital, asking under what authority teachers were being compelled to perform election work.
A Division Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Advocates Rajesh Kumar Gogna and Ashok Agarwal, challenging the large-scale deployment of government, municipal and government-aided school teachers for BLO and SIR duties.
