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Kolkata, Jan 19: IAS officers Smaraki Mahapatra and Sanghamitra Ghosh were appointed as the joint chief electoral officer and additional chief electoral officer, respectively, by the West Bengal government on Tuesday, a day before the full bench of the Election Commission visits the state to review the poll preparedness, an official said.
The two officials were directed to take over the responsibilities immediately, he said.
‘Both the officials have been asked to be present during the visit of the full bench of the EC,’ the official said.
Ghosh is presently posted as the secretary of state Women and Child Welfare Department, while Mahapatra is the secretary in the state Finance Department with the…
