To monitor the spending of political parties and candidates in the upcoming Assembly election in Telangana, 15 accounting teams have been appointed by the Hyderabad District Election Officer. These teams will be responsible for overseeing the expenditure in the 15 constituencies of Hyderabad. Each team will consist of a superintendent auditor and a junior auditor.
The orders for the appointment of these teams were issued by the Hyderabad District Election Officer and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner, Roland Rose. The members of the teams will work under the District Nodal Officer for election expenditure monitoring, GHMC examiner of accounts, GHMC financial adviser, and the returning officers.
According to the guidelines issued by the Election Expenditure Monitoring, each assembly constituency should have at least one accounting team. This team will consist of one official and one staff member who will perform their duties as per the instructions issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to ensure smooth and fair conduct of elections.
The 15 constituencies in Hyderabad are Musheerabad, Malakpet, Amberpet, Khairatabad, Jubilee Hills, Sanathnagar, Nampally, Karwan, Goshamahal, Charminar, Chandrayangutta, Yakutpura, Bahadurpura, Secunderabad, and Secunderabad Cantonment.
For example, in the Musheerabad constituency, the accounting team consists of Charminar zone audit section superintendent Mirza Raja Ali, junior assistant Ajay Kumar, and GPF section head officer Ajay Kumar. Similar appointments have been made for other constituencies as well.
In addition to these teams, six reserve teams comprising 12 officers have also been appointed.
