India, Nov. 6 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a fresh work allocation order requiring its Director General of Information Technology, Seema Khanna, to route files related to the IT and communications divisions, as well as the public grievance redressal system, through Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sharma, The Hindureported.

Under the order issued on November 4, Khanna will have to route these files through Sharma, The Indian Expressreported.

The order comes amid an internal dispute over changes to the allocation of responsibilities within the poll body. On July 28, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner Maneesh Garg issued an order removing Deputy Election Commissioner Sanjay Kumar from the charge of ...