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By PTI
NEW DELHI: Sunil Arora is said to have been named the next commissioner of elections, senior sources at the Ministry of Law said Monday.
His name was erased by the Center and sent to Rashtrapati Bhawan, the sources said.
"Yes, his name has been erased, he is the next CEC, a notification will follow," said a senior official.
He will take up his duties on December 2nd.
The Election Commission will hold the 2019 general elections.
In addition to the Lok Sabha polls, Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Maharashtra and Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim should be held next year.
An electoral commission of the Electoral Commission may be appointed for a term of six years or up to 65 years, whichever comes first.
convention is to appoint the oldest election commissioners Chief Election Commissioner.
A former bureaucrat, Arora was appointed election commissioner on August 31, 2017.
He succeeds Om Prakash Rawat, who retired on Saturday.
Arora (62) had been informed Secretary of Broadcasting and Secretary at the Ministry of Skills Development and Entrepreneurship.
Officer of the Rajasthan executive working in the field of IAS for the period of 1980, Arora worked for ministries such as Finance, Textile and Planning Commission.
Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Civil Aviation from 1999 to 2002 and at the CMD of Indian Airlines for five years – two years additional and three years full load.
In Rajasthan, besides badignments in the district of Dholpur, Alwar, Nagaur and Jodhpur, he was secretary to the chief minister from 1993-1998 and principal secretary of the CM (2005-2008), in addition to the service of the information and public relations management (IPR), industries and investments.
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