New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has revised the work allocation among its senior officers, including Senior Deputy Election Commissioners (Senior DECs), Deputy Election Commissioners (DECs), Directors and other senior officials.
According to the order issued on November 4, 2026, the revised arrangement redistributes responsibilities across key functional divisions and geographical zones. It has come into immediate effect.
A significant change concerns the IT/ICT and Grievance/PGRS divisions. Dr Pawan Kumar Sharma (IAS:1999), Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, has been assigned these divisions as part of his functional responsibilities.DG (IT) Seema Khanna will continue to handle the two divisions, but files relating to them will now be submitted through Sharma.
Revised Work Allocation Among Senior DECs and DECs
Maneesh Garg (IAS:1996), Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, will handle Election Planning, Election Materials (EVM) and EMD, including Index Cards. He will oversee the East-I zone, comprising Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, and the North-III zone, covering Uttar Pradesh. Election Planning will be supported by the Deputy Election Commissioner (PR).
Dr Pawan Kumar Sharma (IAS:1999), Senior Deputy Election Commissioner, has been assigned Political Parties, Election Expenditure Policy, Political Parties Expenditure Monitoring covering National Parties, State Parties and Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPPs), Observer Division, IT/ICT, Grievance/PGRS and Coordination.
He will also oversee the North East-II zone, comprising Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Manipur; East-II, covering West Bengal and Odisha; and South-II, comprising Karnataka and Kerala. The routing of files relating to IT/ICT and Grievance/PGRS through Sharma is a key feature of the revised arrangement.
Bhanu Prakash Yeturu (IAS:2003), Deputy Election Commissioner, will look after Administration, Establishment, President, Vice-President, Rajya Sabha and State Council elections, Internal Functional Division, Electoral Roll, SDR and RTI.
His geographical responsibilities will include North-I, covering Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, and South-I, comprising Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Prakash Rajpurohit (IAS:2010), Deputy Election Commissioner, has been assigned Election Planning, Model Code of Conduct (MCC), Delimitation, Library and Official Language. He will oversee North-II, comprising Delhi, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Chandigarh, and South-III, covering Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep.
Files relating to Election Planning under his charge will be submitted through Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg.
Shubhra Saxena Assigned Political Parties and Expenditure Monitoring
Shubhra Saxena (IAS:2009), Director, will handle Political Parties, Election Expenditure Policy and Political Parties Expenditure Monitoring for National Parties, State Parties and RUPPs.
She will oversee West-I, comprising Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat; West-II, covering Maharashtra, Goa, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu; and North East-I, comprising Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
Files relating to these functional divisions will be submitted through Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sharma. The order also specifies that during Saxena’s absence due to leave, official tours or other reasons, the files will continue to be routed through Sharma.
Responsibilities of Director Generals and Deputy Director General
The Election Commission has also specified the functional responsibilities of officers heading its Director General and Deputy Director General-level divisions.
Rakesh Kumar Verma (IAS:1993), DG (IIIDEM), will look after International Cooperation, Training and Candidate Expenditure Monitoring.
Ashish Goyal (IInfoS:1996), DG (Media), will handle Media and SVEEP, including Accessibility and Inclusion.
Dr Seema Khanna, DG (IT), will continue to handle IT/ICT and Grievance/PGRS. However, files relating to these divisions will be submitted through Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sharma.
Vijay Kumar Pandey, DDG (Law), will look after the RCC Section and Registry Section. Files relating to these divisions will be routed through the concerned Senior DECs, DECs and DGs, except for the Registry Section.
Link Arrangements Among Senior Officers
The order has also laid down link arrangements to ensure continuity of work and coordination in the event of an officer’s absence.
The designated arrangements are Senior DEC (MG) with Senior DEC (PKS), Senior DEC (PKS) with DEC (YB), DEC (YB) with DEC (PR), and DEC (PR) with Senior DEC (MG).
Through the revised allocation, the Commission has redistributed responsibilities across election planning, political parties, expenditure monitoring, administration, electoral rolls, technology, grievance redressal and media, alongside the supervision of state and regional zones.
