CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, MAHARASHTRA STATE

Norms set for the discharge of functions
The norms of all the important functions of the Chief Electoral Officer, e.g.
conducting elections, preparing and revising electoral rolls, preparing election photo
identity cards are fixed by the Election Commission of India. The deadlines for each
activity and the detailed procedure are declared by the Commission. The Election
Commission of India publishes different hand books from time to time, detailing the
procedure to be followed by different election functionaries . Detailed guidelines are
also issued by the Commission for various activities like revision of electoral rolls,
implementation of model code of conduct etc.
6) Rules , regulations, instructions, manuals and records, held or under the
control of Chief Electoral Officer used by its employees for discharging its
functions.
All the activities of the organization of the Chief Electoral Officer are governed
by the Manual of Election Laws, Vol- I and II, which contain extracts of the
Constitution of India, the Representation of the People Act, 1950 and 1951, the
Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, the Electoral Registration Rules, 1960 and other
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relevant acts and rules. The Election Commission also publishes various Hand Books
and guidelines from time to time describing the step by step procedure to be followed
by the election staff.
7) Statement of the categories of documents that are held by Chief Electoral
Officer or under his control
The list of members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
• The list of Members of Maharshtra Legislative Assembly/ Council
• CDs of Electoral Roll of 288 Assembly Constituencies. Hard copies
available with Collectors and District Election Officers
• Affidavits filed by the Candidates alongwith their nomination papers
in general elections to Lok Sabha/ Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
are available on this office web-site ‘http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in’.
Hard copies are available the District Election Officers/ Returning
Officers.
• Poll statistics of the last General Elections to Lok Sabha / Maharashtra
Legislative Assembly
• Search facility for Elector’s name in the Electoral Rolls of 22 cities
having Municipal Corporations (on internet)
• Various downloadable forms
• A-B as well as AA-BB forms for political parties
8) Particulars of any arrangement that exists for consultation with or
representation by, the members of the public in relation to the formulation
of it’s policy or administration thereof
Consultations are held with the representatives of political parties and
the NGOs at various levels before all major events like conduct of elections,
revision of rolls etc. There is , however, no formal committee or forum where
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representatives of public are included.
9) Statement of the boards , councils, committee and other bodies
Consisting of two or more persons constituted as it’s part or for the
purpose of it’s advice and as to whether meeting of those boards , councils,
committees and other bodies are open to the public or the minutes of such
meeting are accessible for public.
There are no such boards, councils or committees at the level of the Chief
Electoral Officer or under it. Policy decisions are taken by the Election
Commission of India and are implemented by the office of the Chief Electoral
Officer with the assistance of the election machinery at the district level.
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10) Directory of officers and employees working under the Chief Electoral
Officer, Maharashtra State
1) Officers in office of Chief Electoral Officer
2) Collectors and District Election Officers
3) Deputy District Election Officers
OFFICERS IN OFFICE OF CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER, MAHARASHTRA STATE
Name of officer and Telephone No.
email
Designation
STD
Code
Office Residence
Fax Nos.
Shri. Debashish Chakrabarty Secretary and
Chief Electoral
Officer
022 22029965
22024243
22821826 22835698
Shri. Shekhar Channe Deputy
Secretary and
Chief Electoral
Officer
022 22856667 22835698
Shri. A.N. Valvi Under Secretary
&
Deputy Chief
Electoral Officer
022 22025059 22850817 22835698
Shri. A.S. Gharge Under Secretary 022 22855948 22835698
Shri.P.Jakikore. Section Officer 022 22026441 22835698
Section Officer 022 22855948 22835698
Shri.D.R.Nawale
Section Officer 022 22025059 22835698
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Collectors and District Election Officers
Konkan Division
STD
Tel
Fax
1 Sindhudurg Dr. Nidhi Pandey 952362 228844 228856
2 Ratnagiri Shri. Vikas Rastogi 952352 222301 2262502
3 Raigad Shri. Nipun Vinayak 952141 222001 /
222118
222025
4 Mumbai City I.A. Kundan 022 22662440 22660981
5 Mumbai Sub. Shri. Vishwas Patil 022 26514742 26556805
6 Thane S.S. Zende 022 25344041 25349200
Nashik Division
1 Nashik Shri. S. Chocklingam 95253 2578500 /
2578700
2575703
2 Dhule Prajakta Lavangare 952562 238700 237240
3 Nandurbar Shri. Piyush Singh 952564 221001 222230
4 Jalgaon Shri. Vijay Singhal 95257 2220400 /
2229405
2220500
5 Ahemadnagar P. Anabalagan 95241 2345001 2322432
Pune Division
1 Pune P.K. Deshmukh 9520 26114949 26123928
2 Satara Shri.V.V. Deshmukh 952162 232750 230310
3 Sangli Shri.R.R.Chavan 95233 2373001 2326710
4 Kolhapur Pravin Darade 95231 2654811 /
2666751
2650501
5 Solapur Dr. Jagdish Patil 95217 2627001 2621120
Nagpur Division
1 Nagpur Sanjay Mukherjee 95712 2564973 2560543
2 Bhandara Sambhajirao Sarkunde 07184 254555 /
254777
2542312
3 Gondiya V.S. Bute 957182 226749 224161
4 Gadchiroli Niranjan Kr. Sudhanshu 957132 222001 222022
5 Chandrapur P.B. Kalbhor 957172 255300 255500
6 Wardha Anoop Kumar Yadav 957152 240102 240533
Amravati Division
1 Amravati P.N. Bhapkar 95721 2662522 2662843
2 Akola Dr. Shrikar Pardeshi 95724 2424442 2424443
3 Washim P.D. Karvande 957252 233400 232858
4 Yavatmal S.P. Zanjad 957232 242501 242211
5 Buldhana S.A. Khande 957262 242307 244201
Aurangabad Division
1 Auranagabad Sajeev Jaiswal 0240 2331200 2338394
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2 Latur Eknath Davale 952382 243001 242330
3 Osmanabad D.R. Bansod 952472 224501 228018
4 Beed B.K. Naik 02442 222201 222011
5 Parbhani M.N. Bhagat 02452 223555 223555
6 Hingoli Vinita Singhal 952456 221701 221464
7 Jalna Ranjit Singh Deol 952482 224700 225326
8 Nanded R.L. Mopalwar 952462 237101 238500
Deputy Collectors and Deputy District Election Officers
Sr.
No
.
District Name of
Officer
STD
Code
Telepho
ne No.
Mobile No.
1 Sindhudurg Shri. Yamgar 952362 228854
2 Ratnagiri Shri. Ravindra
Sawalkar
952352 222330 09422436300
3 Raigad Shri. Puri 952141 224131 /
224153
09422488985
4 Mumbai city Shri.
Warbhuvan
022 22663453 9869444157
5 Mumbai
Suburban
Shri. Mangesh
Joshi
022 26550070 9867797555
6 Thane Smt. R. Vimala 022 25342125 9321029429
7 Nashik Sarita Narake 95253 2310523 09422286555
8 Dhule Shri. P.R..
Ghate
952562 288716 9822606423
9 Nandurbar Shri. M,.N.
Salunkhe
952564 221858
10 Jalgaon Shri. Tadvi 95257 2217640 9823358458
11 Buldhana P.V.
Poreddiwar
957262 243116 9850799479
12 Akola Shri. Santosh
Patil
95724 2438763 09422193370
13 Washim Shri. Kale 957252 232852 09422893462
14 Amravati Shri Kadu 95721 2662364 09422857012
15 Wardha Shri. Jadhav
957152 249776 09423119886
16 Nagpur Shri. Katade 95712 2541832 09423600612
17 Bhandara Shri. Wagh 07184 252798 09422859601
18 Gondiya Shri. Nanhe 957182 220748 09422830864
19 Gadchiroli Shri. Hazare 957132 222011 09422630854
20 Chandrapur Shri. Balvir 957172 256588 09423691112
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21 Yavatmal Shri. S.P.
Zanjad
957232 242105 09422857750
22 Nanded Shri. Maniyar 952462 235762 09422175651
23 Parbhani Shri. 02452 222154 09422176463
24 Hingoli Shir. 952456 221456 09422892014
25 Jalna Shri. Phad 952482 225802 09422216448
26 Aurangabad Shri. B.M.
Kamble
0240 2331211 09423704876
27 Beed Shri. Pathak 02442 222185 09422242323
28 Latur Dr.
Sawargaonkar
952382 242362 09422072777
29 Osmanabad Shri. Ahirrrao 952472 227526 09422242794
30 Solapur Babasaheb
Beldar
95217 2731005
31 Ahemadnagar R. Muthe 95241 2347623 09890592517
32 Pune Smt. Varsha
untwal
9520 26122348 09422408289
33 Satara Shri. Subhash
Borkar
952162 229605 09423284888
34 Sangli Shri. Soman 95233 2326200 09423868595
35 Kolhapur Shri. Kadbbane 95231 2658316 9226570891
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11) Monthly remunerations received by the officers and employees
A) State Level
Officers/staff Pay Scale
1) Secretary and Chief Electoral Officer 18400-500-22400
2) Joint Chief Electoral Officer 12000-375-16500
3) Deputy Chief Electoral Officer 10000-325-12000
4) Under Secretary 10000-325-12000
5) Section Officer 6500-200-10500
6) Higher grade stenographer 6500-200-10500
7) Assistant 5500-175-9000
8) Lower Grade stenographer 5500-175-9000
9) Clerk 3050-75-3950-80-4590
10) Peon 2550-55-2660-60-3200
11) Driver 3050-75- 3950-80-4590
B) District Level
1) Collector & District Election Officer
2) Deputy District Election Officer 8000-75-13500
3) Tehsildar 7450-225-11500
4) Naib Tehsildar/ Senior Inspector 5500-175-9000
5) Awwal Karkun/ Senior Clerk 5000-150-8000
6) Inspector 4000-100-6000
7) Stenographer 5500-175-8000
8) Junior Clerk 3050-75-3950-80-4590
9) Enumerator 3050-75-3950-80-4590
10) Peon 2550-55-2660-60-3200
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12) The budget allocated to each of it’s agency, indicating the particulars of
all plans, proposed expenditures and reports on disbursements
made(2007-2008) (amount in thousand)
Budget
Head
Sub Head Grant sanctioned
(Rs.)
Grant
utilized
upto
31.12.2007
Grant shared
by
2015-
Elections
102- Electoral
Officer
98592 67385 50-50 % by
Central and
State
Government
103-Preparation
of Electoral Roll
223480 137535- 50-50 % by
Central and
State
Government
104-Expenditure
for Simultaneous
Elections
- - 50-50 % by
Central and
State
Government
105- Expenditure
for Parliamentary
Elections
59930/- 20484 100% by Central
Government
106- Expenditure
for Legislature
Elections
5867/- 1308/- 100% by State
Government
108- Expenditure
on preparation of
Identity Cards
287188/- 239180/- 50-50 % by
Central and
State
Government
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Grant distributed to various offices
Sr.
No
Office Budget Head and Plan
102-
Electoral
Officer
103-
Preparation
of Electoral
Roll
104-
Simulta
neous
Election
s
105-
Parliament
ary
Elections
106-
Legislatu
res
108-
Preparati
on of
Identity
Cards
1 Div. Com
Konkan
0 0 0 4294000
2 Div. Com
Nashik
0 0 0 1695000
3 Div. Com
Aurangabad
0 0 0 0
4 Div. Com
Amravati
0 0 0 0
5 Div. Com
Nagpur
0 0 0 0
6 Div. Com
Pune
0 0 0 0
7 DEO,Mumbai
City
3901000 7100000 0 0 0
8 DEO Mumbai
Suburban
3996000 5191000 0 0 0
9 DEO Thane 1484000 5681000 0 0 0
10 DEO Raigad 1330000 3024000 0 0 0
11 DEO Ratnagiri 1250000 2400000 0 0 50000
12 DEO
Sindhudurg
1183000 1654000 0 0 110000
13 DEO Nashik 1802000 4021000 0 0 150000
14 DEO Dhule 1036000 808000 0 0 0
15 DEO Jalgaon 2138000 3336000 0 0 0
16 DEO
Ahmednagar
1360000 2423000 0 0 0
17 DEO Pune 1004000 1430000 0 0 0
18 DEO Solapur 1644000 5035000 0 0 0
19 DEO Satara 1064000 3610000 0 0 0
20 DEO Sangli 873000 3193000 0 0 0
21 DEO Kolhapur 1140000 2081000 0 0 0
22 DEO Nagpur 1045000 3483000 0 0 0
23 DEO Wardha 1593000 2752000 0 0 0
24 DEO 1215000 1587000 0 0 50000
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Chandrapur
25 DEO Gadchiroli 1161000 2786000 0 0 0
26 DEO Bhandara 992000 1762000 0 0 0
27 DEO Amravati 1248000 1823000 0 0 50000
28 DEO Akola 1188000 1587000 0 0 0
29 DEO Yavatmal 1338000 2446000 0 0 0
31 DEO Buldana 1380000 2101000 0 00 0
32 DEO
Aurangabad
1170000 2681000 0 0 0
33 DEO Beed 1330000 2487000 0 0 0
34 DEO Nanded 999000 1637000 0 0 50000
35 DEO Parbhani 1549000 3066000 0 0 50000
36 DEO
Osmanabad
1082000 2805000 0 0 0
37 DEO Jalna 1262000 2888000 0 97000 0
38 DEO Latur 1190000 1401000 0 0 0
39 DEO Nandurbar 1290000 1666000 0 0 0
40 DEO Washim 1412000 2267000 0 0 0
41 DEO Hingoli 1516000 1901000 0 0 0
42 DEO Gondia 815000 1312000 0 0 0
43 U.S./GAD-26 8594000 56402 0 757000 61000
55874000 151827000 0 854000 656000
12) Manner of execution of subsidy programmes including the amounts
allocated and the details of beneficiaries of such programme.
There are no subsidy programmes carried out in the office of Chief Electoral
Officer.
13) Particulars recipients of concessions, permits or authorizations granted.
No concessions, permits etc. are given by office of the Chief Electoral Officer.
14) Details in respect of the information available to or held by Chief Electoral
Officer, reduced in electronic form.
This office has its own website ‘http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in’ and a whole lot
of information regarding elections as mentioned above can be easily accessed through
internet.
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Information on the following topics is available on the official website of the
Chief Electoral Officer.
1) General information
2) Voters Helpline To download various forms, se electoral
rolls Election statistics etc.
3) Candidate List of Assembly Constituencies and
download nomination forms for candidates
4) Election Officers Directory List of District Election Officers
and Deputy District Election
Officers
5) Vidhan Sabha Affidavits filed by candidates in
the last elections, results of last
elections and the list of MLAs.
6) Los Sabha Same as above for MPs
7) Search Electoral Rolls The facilities to search names and other
information in the Electoral Rolls is available
on link for all Municipal Corporation Areas. A
link to Election Commission of India is also
available to access detailed information on
earlier elections, rules & regulations,
notifications, orders of Election Commission
of India and information regarding other states
as well.
15) The particulars of facilities available to citizens for obtaining information
including the working hours of a library or regarding room, if maintained for
public use :
This office has its won website ‘http://ceo.maharashtra.gov.in’ and a whole lot
of information regarding elections as mentioned above can be easily accessed through
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internet. A link to Election Commission of India is also available to access detailed
information on earlier elections, rules & regulations, notification, orders of Election
Commission of India and information regarding other states as well.
16) The names , designations and other particulars of the Public
Information officers :
Serial
No.
Name and Designation of the Officers Designated as
1 Deputy Secretary and Joint Chief Electoral Officer,
Maharashtra State
Appellate Authority
2 Under Secretary, office of the Chief Electoral
Officer, General Administration Department,
Maharashtra State
Public Information
Officer
3 Section Officer, office of the Chief Electoral
Officer, General Administration Department,
Maharashtra State
Assistant Public
Information Officer
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17) Such other information as may be prescribed :
Useful Statistical Information
General Information
1 Population of Maharashtra State 96878627 (as on 1/1/2001)
2 General Electors Male-
Female-
Total-
3 Service Electors Male-
Female-
Total-
4 Revenue Divisions in Maharashtra
State
6–Konkan,Pune,Aurangabad,
Amravati, Nagpur , Nashik
5 No. of Districts 35
6 No. of Tehsils 358
7 No. of Municipal Corporations 22
8 No. of Municipal Councils 227
9 No. of Parliamentary (Lok Sabha )
Constituencies
48 (including 3 S.C. & 4 S.T.
seats)
10 No. of Assembly Constituencies 288 (including 18 S.C. & 22
seats )
11 No. of seats in Maharashtra
Legislative Council
78
12 No. of members of MLC to be
elected by MLAs
30
13 No. of members of MLC to be
elected from Graduates’
Constituencies
7
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14 No. of members of MLC to be
elected from Teachers’
Constituencies
7
15 No. of members of MLC to be
elected from Local Authorities’
Constituencies
22
16 No. of members of MLC nominated
by the Governor of Maharashtra State
12
16 No. of Polling stations 62282
Limit of Election Expenses in Maharashtra State
Maximum Limit for Parliamentary Constituency
for a Candidate
Rs. 25,00,000
Maximum Limit for Assembly Constituency
for a Candidate
Rs. 10,00,000
The date before which account of election
expenses to be submitted by a candidate to District
Electoral Officer
30 days from the
date of election
Deposit for election
Sr. Amount of Deposit
No.
Elections
for General
candidates
For S.C./ S.T.
candidates
1 Parliamentary Elections
Lok Sabha/ Rajya Sabha
Rs. 10000 Rs. 5000
2 Parliamentary Elections
Vidhan Sabha/ Vidhan
Parishad
Rs. 5000 Rs. 2500
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