India, Sept. 5 -- Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram has written to the divisional commissioner with demand for 36 deputy collector and tehsildar-rank officers for the upcoming civic elections.

In his letter, Ram stated that the state election commission has already begun preparations for the civic polls and, as per the guidelines, deputy collector-rank officers must be appointed as poll and assistant poll officers. He urged that the required officers be appointed at the earliest.

"For 15 regional ward offices, PMC will require 17 deputy collector-rank officers as election officers and 17 tehsildar-rank officers as assistant election officers. In addition, officers will be needed to monitor candidate accounts and oversee comp...