Nodal Officers Nodal Officer in the CEO Office Nodal Officer of Police Nodal Officer of Income Tax Nodal Officer of Excise Nodal Officer of Expenditure Monitoring Cell:

Nodal Officers

(a) Nodal Officer in the CEO Office: The CEO shall appoint one senior officer in his office, not below the rank of Jt. CEO, for coordination on expenditure monitoring with Commission, training of election expenditure monitoring related personnel and political party functionaries, coordination with all the DEOS, other Nodal Officers in the state, Expenditure Observers, all enforcement agencies involved in election expenditure monitoring and with the Commission. He will compile information regarding all types of seizure made during the election period and e-mail the same in Annexure-B7 to the Commission on a daily basis by 3 PM and also compile and send the same in Annexure-C3 to the Commission by 1 PM on the day of poll.

(b) Nodal Officer of Police: One officer of the level of Inspector General at the Police Head Quarters of the state, as selected by the Commission, shall be notified as the Nodal Officer for coordination with all flying squads, SSTs, law enforcement agencies and with the Commission. His office telephone/fax number and mobile number shall be intimated to the Expenditure Observers, Investigation Directorate, Excise Department and other law enforcement agencies during election. He shall train all the master trainers of the districts, who in turn shall train all personnel engaged in Flying Squad or SST. He shall be responsible for coordination with other law enforcement agencies, engaged in the election expenditure monitoring

He shall compile the seizure reports by the FSS and SSTs sent by the SPs of districts and send the composite Daily Activity Report as per Annexure- B8, B9 & B10 by fax to the Expenditure Monitoring Cell of Commission every day, with a copy to the CEO and also compile and furnish to the Commission in Annexure-C4 by 1 PM on the day of poll.

(c) Nodal Officer of Income Tax: The Commission, before announcement of General Election, appoints a Nodal Officer in the office of DGIT (Inv) not below the rank of Addl /Joint DIT (Inv. Wing) for sharing of information etc. with the Commission and CEO of state for effective implementation of Election Expenditure Monitoring by way of seizure of unaccounted money suspected to be used in election etc, and submission on alternate days of the report in the prescribed format (Annexure- B11) and also compile and furnish to the Commission in Annexure-C5 by 1 PM on the day of poll. The Air Intelligence Units and separate compliant monitoring cell of the Income Tax Department will start functioning from the date of announcement. (Annexure-B20)

(d) Nodal Officer of Excise: The Commission, before announcement of General Election, appoints a Nodal Officer (Excise) not below the rank of Commissioner for flow of information etc with the Commission and CEO of State for effective implementation of Election Expenditure Monitoring by reporting of seizures made of illicit liquors by them during electioneering and also for reporting of related statistics in the prescribed format. (Annexure-B12) and also compile and furnish to the Commission in Annexure-C6 by 1 PM on the day of poll. Liquor monitoring measures will be undertaken from the date of announcement of elections as per the instructions and the reporting will be done from the date of announcement. (Annexure-B20)

(e) Nodal Officer of Expenditure Monitoring Cell:

(i) The Nodal Officer of Expenditure Monitoring Cell in the district headquarters will coordinate with the DEO for providing adequate manpower and facilities of office space and equipment. The Nodal Officer will train the manpower engaged in various teams of the expenditure monitoring work well in advance, before the notification of election. The DEO can deploy any other officer or employee whose services are required for expenditure monitoring.

(ii) The Expenditure Monitoring Cell shall be responsible for video graphing all public meetings/ rallies political parties/potential candidates during the period between announcement of election by ECI and notification of election. All such expenditure incurred by political parties as per the video CDs/DVDs are to be calculated by this Cell and handed over to DEO for estimating the expenditure by the political parties, during such period. Although this expenditure is not to be included in candidate's register, the party has to show this expenditure to the Commission, within 75 days of Assembly Poll or 90 days of Lok Sabha poll. The CEO shall collect district-wise report as to the total expenditure by the party during this period and also the period up to declaration of result and forward to the Commission within 45 days of declaration of result.

The Toll free number in complaint Monitoring Cell shall be given wide publicity encouraging the public to register complaints.

The Assistant Expenditure Observers (AEOs), FSs. SSTs, Video Surveillance Teams (VSTs), Video Viewing Teams (VVTS) and Accounting Teams shall continue with their duty only up to date of poll/re-poll. However, the AEOs and Accounting Teams shall report for duty one day before the day of counting and again on 25 day after the date of declaration of result and shall remain for a period of eight days, for the purposes of giving training to the candidates/election agents in submission of accounts of election expenses and to assist in preparation of the DEOS Scrutiny Report and Expenditure Observer Report-IV. The AEOS and Account Teams shall be relieved thereafter.