India, Nov. 5 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a fresh order, which, among other changes, brought back Director General (IT), Seema Khanna, under the deputy election commissioner, even as poll body officials insisted that an earlier controversial order removing her was not implemented following objections raised by two Election Commissioners.

The latest work allocation order matters because it formalises the distribution of administrative, IT and grievance-related responsibilities within the commission after the dispute over the July 28 order.

Under the new arrangement, Senior Deputy Election Commissioner (DEC) Pawan Kumar Sharma has been assigned charge of IT/ICT, and Khanna must route files through him. "She would ...