There are various such anomalies in the allotment of election duties to teachers in the state. In South 24 Parganas itself, around 2,000 of the primary schools have been nominated for the poll duty, of which about 70-80 teachers have already retired, and some of them have even died.

“The election commission has allotted duties on the basis of the list of teachers who were on poll duty during the 2006 Assembly elections.

Many teachers have either retired or died during the last two years,” said Ashok Bandopadhyay, the chairman of the Primary Education Council of South 24 Parganas.

The chairman said that he had spoken to the district magistrate in this regard as retired teachers are not required to perform election duty.