Chandigarh, June 2 -- The Punjab cabinet on Monday approved an amendment to the election department's service rules to remove administrative bottlenecks and ensure adequate manpower for upcoming election-related work.

The decision was taken during a meeting of the council of ministers chaired by chief minister Bhagwant Mann in Chandigarh.

According to an official release shared by the chief minister's office, the amendment reduces the experience required for promotion from the post of election kanungo to election tehsildar from 15 to 12 years.

The modification was necessitated by seven existing vacancies for the post of election tehsildar in the department. Under the previous rules, none of the presently serving election kanungos were ...