23 Sep 2026
Inside the Commission
Indian Express: ECs wrote to Cabinet Secretary over IT oversight changeReportedChecked
Neta·ResumeCentral deputation posting; the appointment order was not found.
The source lists these without dates. They appear in the source's order.
Vivek Joshi wrote to the CEC, Sandhu and Deputy Election Commissioner Sanjay Kumar about gradual centralisation of the electoral roll database and proposed two committees, including an outside IIT expert, to certify that only statutory authorities can change the database and that ECINet complies with the law. Sandhu endorsed it on 13 July; on 14 August he recorded that no action was known to him.
The notes and letters are not public. This entry rests on The Indian Express's account of documents it says it has seen. The Commission and both Election Commissioners did not answer its questions (sent 21 Sep 2026).