Kolkata, Oct 18 (IANS) The district magistrates, who are also the district election officers in West Bengal, have been advised by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to be particularly careful while selecting para-teachers as booth-level officers (BLOs) in their respective districts for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to be conducted in the state.

The district election officers have also been advised by the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to check whether any para-teacher has already been included as a BLO and, if any such case is detected, replace the BLO concerned with someone fitting the commission-mandated criteria for selection as BLOs.

The caution to the district elections officers on the possible inclusion of para-teachers as BLOs has been issued amid complaint

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