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Who is BLO :
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BLO is a local Government/Semi-Government official, familiar with the local electors and generally a voter in the same polling area who assists in updating the roll using his local knowledge.
In fact, BLO is a representative of Election Commission of India at the grass-root level who plays a pivotal role in the process of roll revision and collecting actual field information with regard to the roll corresponding to the polling area assigned to him.
Though BLO is not a full time electoral official, but the responsibility of BLO adds an additional dimension to his profile as he is rendering a responsible civic duty.
He is just like a friend, philosopher and guide of the local people in matters relating to the roll. Each BLO shall have one/two polling station area under his/her jurisdiction.
Appointment of BLO :
Under Section 13B (2) of Representation of People Act, 1950, BLOs are appointed from amongst the officers of the Govt. /Semi Govt. /Local Bodies.
Generally, one BLO is responsible for one part of the electoral roll. The DEOs in consultation with the EROs of the Assembly Constituency (AC) appoint the BLOs.
Following is a list of categories of the Govt/Semi Govt employees who can be appointed as BLO :
1. Teachers
2. Anganwadi workers,
3. Patwari/Amin/Lekhpal,
4. Panchayat Secretary,
5. Village Level Workers,
6. Electricity Bill Readers,
7. Postman,
8. Auxiliary Nurses & Mid-wives,
9. Health workers,
10.Mid-day meal workers,
11.Contract teachers,
12.Corporation Tax Collectors, and
13. Clerical Staff in Urban area (UDC/LDC etc.)
Duties and responsibilities of BLO :
The BLO will make a thorough study of the roll of the part assigned to him. He will make frequent field visits to the villages/Tolas in the said part and interact with local people particularly village elders and grass root level elected representatives and identify the names of the dead/shifted/duplicate voters in the roll, which need to be removed by the ERO under relevant provisions of law.
The main functions of BLO are as follows :
** Receiving claims and objections.
** House to house visit and checking of overlapping, migration, transfer/shifting
** Identification of shifted/dead/non-existing electors
** Checking inclusion and exclusion errors
** Checking details of spellings, entries of duplicate names, part header page, photos etc. of electors in the roll
** Collecting photos of electors
** Collecting mobile numbers of electors (optional)
** Submitting reports to ERO so that notice can be issued to the persons whose names have to be deleted
** Display of draft roll/prescribed notices at designated locations
** Reading of rolls in gram/ ward sabhas – Liasoning with RWAs in urban areas for registration.
** EPIC distribution (after preparation) to the right person and not to any other intermediary