Date:24/05/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/05/24/stories/2008052458150300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Collector warns absentee polling staff

Sangareddy: Medak district Collector Piyush Kumar in a press release here on Friday warned the polling staff who remained absent from the mandatory training classes in their respective areas that action could be initiated under the Representation of People’s Act section 134. In all 2,100 government employees were drafted for the poll related duties and more than 400 were found absent. -Staff Reporter