India, Aug. 28 -- West Bengal chief secretary Manoj Pant has ordered the state's district magistrates (DMs) to expedite the oricess of appointing Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) and Assistant Electoral Registration Officers (AEROs) for each of the state's 294 assembly constituencies.

Officials said that a dozen or so posts of EROs - one is appointed for each assembly segment - and more than 500 posts of AEROs were vacant across Bengal.

The instructions were issued on Wednesday following a communication received from Bengal's chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal, who told the government to urgently fill the vacant posts of officials in connection with the planned revision of the electoral rolls.

"The state government has been di...