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New Delhi : New office premises of Delimitation Commission was opened by Justice Ranjana Desai, Chairperson, Delimitation Commission, on August 24, 2020, in the august presence of Sunil Arora, Chief Election Commissioner, Ashok Lavasa, Election Commissioner, and Sushil Chandra, Election Commissioner and Member, Delimitation Commission.
This office is located on Third Floor of Hotel Ashoka. It has requisite spaces including a Conference Hall with video conferencing facilities, according to a PIB release.
Delimitation Commission has already started functioning since March, 2020. It has held four formal meetings so far. All Associate Members have already been nominated for each State/ Union Territory concerned. The Commission has kept June 15, 2020, as the date for freezing of administrative districts in these States/ UTs. Data collection work has also been completed. With the opening of this new office, it is hoped that formal deliberations with Associate Members would start soon to expedite the process of delimitation as envisaged. Senior officers of Election Commission, CMD NBCC( National Building Construction Corporation), and officers from ITDC were also present on the occasion.