Final Cover Election Expenditure - Election Commission of India

4.3.1. Assistant Expenditure Observer:He shall be placed in the constituency from the date of the notification and will not leave theconstituency without the permission of the Expenditure Observer. There should be at leastone Assistant Expenditure Observer for each Assembly Constituency/Segment. But inexpenditure sensitive constituencies, there may be two or more Assistant ExpenditureObservers - one for outdoor recording of events and other for coordination with the teams.4.3.2. The Assistant Expenditure Observer shall see reports of the video CDs, read all thecomplaints and reports with respect to each candidate, and study the Shadow ObservationRegister (See para 5.1 with regard to the maintenance of Shadow Observation Register) andthe Candidate’s Expenditure Register. He shall supervise the maintenance of the ShadowObservation Register and Folder of Evidence. Assistant Expenditure Observer will betrained by the Expenditure Observer and will work under his supervision and guidance. Heshall ensure that all the expenditure related reports/ orders in respect of each candidate areobtained from all the teams engaged in Expenditure Monitoring and properly reflected in thecandidate’s Election Expenditure Register. In case of complaint of corrupt practice, he shallpass on the same to the flying squads for immediate action and inform the ExpenditureObserver immediately. The flying squads will report to him about action taken on eachcomplaint. If no action is taken by the squad or there is delay in taking action, he shouldbring it to the notice of Expenditure Observer, who in turn shall report to the Commissionwith copy to the CEO.4.3.3. He shall submit a daily report to the Expenditure Observer on all his activities as perAnnexure-6. The folder of evidence will have all records of the evidences collected duringthe campaign. He should make it available to the Expenditure Observer at the time ofinspection of the candidate’s register for election expenses. In case of any evidence ofsuppression or understatement of expenses in candidate’s register, the Assistant ExpenditureObserver shall bring it to the notice of the Expenditure Observer and through him to thecandidate appropriately during the inspection. For any understatement of expenditure in thecandidate’s register, the Expenditure Observer shall give his remarks in the candidate’sregister during inspection and put his signature. The same should be noted in the ShadowObservation Register and the signature of the election agent/ candidate obtained on it. Suchdiscrepancy should be referred to the R.O. on the same day, who will issue notice to thecandidate on the same day on such discrepancies. In case of any difficulty, the ExpenditureObserver in turn shall inform the Commission and seek its guidance.4.3.4. The Assistant Expenditure Observer shall also assist the DEO in submission of his scrutinyreport to the Commission. He shall remain present during the third visit of ExpenditureObserver to the district and shall assist him in his task.4.3.5. The Assistant Expenditure Observer shall supervise the functioning of Media Certificationand Monitoring Committee (MCMC) at the distinct level and report to the ExpenditureObserver about its effective functioning. If all the cables/channels/newspapers are not beingwatched by this committee, it should be brought to the notice of the ExpenditureObserver/Commission immediately with copy to the CEO.9