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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5686/2026

Satyanarayan Koli S/o Shri Madan Lal Koli, Aged About 52 Years, R/o-Near Deepak School, Shivpura, Kota, Dist- Kota. Raj.

----Petitioner Versus

1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through Chief Electoral Officer, State Election Commission, Secretariat, Jaipur.

2. The Electoral Registration Officer Cum Sub Division Magistrate (Sdm), Ramganj Mandi, District Kota (Raj.)

3. The District Education Officer And Additional Chief Executive Officer, (Elementary Education) Zila Parishad,

Kota (Raj.)

4. The Block Elementary Education Officer, Khairabad, District Kota (Raj.)

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Naveen Dhuwan For Respondent(s) : Ms. Pooja Sharma for

Mr. Manoj Sharma

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA

Order

30/03/2026

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is holding the post of Prabodhak in Government Upper Primary School, Dudiyaheda, P.S. Kherabad, Kota and his name does not find place in the electoral roll of place of which he has been appointed as BLO, yet he has been appointed as Booth Level

Officer vide order dated 06.03.2026.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that the issue involved in the instant writ petition has been examined

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[2026:RJ-JP:13399] (2 of 3) [CW-5686/2026] by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Principal Seat, Jodhpur in the case of Ten Singh vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr. (S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.12975/2025), wherein following

observations and directions were given:-

".......16. What can be interpreted and concluded from the above Clauses is that the first priority for appointment of Booth Level Officer is to be given to those regular State/local Government employees who are the electors of the concerned

area where they are to be deployed as BLOs.

17. If no employee falling in the above category is available, the BLOs can be appointed amongst the Anganwadi workers, Contract Teachers or Central Government employees. But then, they also ought to be the elector of the concerned electoral area. However, if such employees are to be deployed, a ‘Non-availability Certificate’ was to be procured by

the CEO.

18. In case of non-availability of the employees of both the above categories i.e. the regular or the contractual employees who are the electors of the concerned electoral area, adherence to Clause 1.3 of the guidelines could be made. Clause 1.3 of the modified guidelines of ECI specifically provides for appointment of BLOs from all such categories of employees who are working in the areas covered by that part of electoral roll. The only essential requirement in terms of Clause 1.3 of the guidelines is that it ought to have a prior approval

of CEO.

19. Coming on to the present matters, as has been submitted in the reply to the writ petitions, the non-availability of both the categories of employees as prescribed in Clause 1.1 & 1.2 of the guidelines was ensured by the respondents before

adhering to Clause 1.3 of the modified guideline.

20. So far as prior approval of CEO in terms of Clause 1.3 is concerned, there is no dispute on the same as such approval has been obtained and the relevant documents have even been annexed

along with the reply.

21. In view of the above, the ground as raised on behalf of the petitioners to the effect that in no case, the employees working in the concerned area could be deployed as BLOs without first obtaining the ‘Non-availability Certificate’ qua regular State/local Government employees or the other contractual and Aanganwadi workers, is not

tenable.

22. Evidently, the respondents have adhered to Clause 1.3 of the guidelines and as observed above, the only requirement for the said purpose

is the approval of CEO, which has been taken.

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