Ulhasnagar: The Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation (UMC) has registered an offence against two of its employees for allegedly failing to perform their duties properly as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.According to the FIR, the complaint was lodged by Vishal Vasant Kadam (46), an assistant municipal commissioner with UMC, against clerks Sundar Landge and Dinesh Marothia, who were appointed as BLOs under the SIR exercise.The FIR stated that during a review meeting held on August 4 by UMC commissioner Manisha Awhale and SDO Vijaynanad Sharma, the work of the two BLOs was found to be unsatisfactory. Landge had completed distribution of EF forms to only 83.17% of voters and digitised 22.67% of the work, while Marothia had completed 94.04% of EF form distribution and 28.48% digitisation.The complaint further stated that the two employees had repeatedly been given verbal and written instructions, including through WhatsApp messages, to complete 100% of the assigned work. A show-cause notice had also allegedly been issued to the officials concerned on July 28.Despite repeated directions, the two employees allegedly failed to improve their performance and did not respond to instructions issued during review meetings.The offence has been registered under Section 32 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950 at Central police station.
