India, Sept. 27 -- A letter sent to the cabinet secretary by the two election commissioners, Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, was regarding the functioning of a senior deputy election commissioner (DEC), a person privy to the developments told HT on Sunday, a day after the poll panel clarified that the communication had nothing to do with its policy matters.

The letter to cabinet secretary TV Somanathan was dated July 29 and spoke of the senior official involved in poll-related matters, according to the person cited above, who did not want to be named. The person did not disclose the contents of the letter, calling it a "classified" matter.

Officials generally take up such matters involving the functioning of personnel with the chi...