The Election Commission of India (ECI) issues a fresh work allocation order affecting how its Director General (IT) Seema Khanna handles and routes files. Multiple outlets report that, after an internal dispute over responsibilities, the Commission restores oversight by requiring IT-related and grievance-related files to be routed through a senior deputy election commissioner.
Scroll.in and The Hindu both describe the practical change as reinstating an intermediate oversight level for IT head file movement. Free Press Journal provides additional context, saying the controversy follows an earlier July 28 order that altered Khanna’s reporting line and prompted objections from election commissioners, leading to that order being put on hold and not implemented. The ECI subsequently clarifies there is no change in Khanna’s reporting structure, while officials reassign responsibility under the updated arrangement.
Across coverage, the emphasis differs between outlets: some foreground the immediate procedural reinstatement, while others foreground the prior July controversy and the clarification that the reporting structure ultimately does not change. All accounts focus on ECI internal allocation of duties related to Khanna’s IT responsibilities and related grievance processing.
