If Election Commissioner can’t implement orders, he may step down:

The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the State Election Commission (SEC) to increase within 24 hours, the proposed number of central paramilitary forces to be deployed to oversee the conduct of the upcoming West Bengal Panchayat elections.

The Court passed the order after noting that the present number of such personnel proposed to be engaged, which was roughly 1,700 personnel, was thoroughly inadequate.

The bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Uday Kumar also opined that, prima facie, the SEC appeared to have deliberately not complied with its earlier orders on the issue in letter and spirit, despite such orders being upheld by the Supreme Court.

The Court, therefore, even suggested the election commissioner to give up his post if he is unable to follow through with the Court’s directions.